Incredible India attracts 8.77 lakh foreign tourists in Dec

Continuing with the growth trajectory, Incredible India campaign has attracted 8.77 lakh foreign tourists in December 2014 as compared to 8.22 lakh during the same month in 2013, an increase of nearly 7 per cent.
The foreign exchange earnings from tourism sector has also gone up in December.
According to Tourism Ministry data, the total forex earned in December was Rs 12,875 crore as compared to Rs 11,994 cr in December 2013, a growth of 7.3 per cent.
There were a total of 74.62 lakh foreign tourists during January-December 2014 as against 69.68 lakh in the corresponding period in 2013, a growth of 7.1 per cent.