India attracted 10 mn foreign tourists in 2017, sports to bring more

In January 2018 alone, the FTA number is expected to breach 1.2 million, the highest in any month during the last two years.

Foreign tourists seem to be warming up to Incredible India! at last, as their footfall increased to 10 million last year, according to Tourism Ministry data. 

Union Tourism Minister Alphons Kannanthanam on Monday said that the country earned an income of $27 billion from Foreign Tourist Arrivals(FTAs) in 2017, PTI reported. He said that the tourism sector is contributing 6.88 per cent to the country's total GDP, besides 12.36 per cent of the total employment in terms of jobs.

"But am I happy with the numbers? No. I want these numbers to increase dramatically because India is