Tourism minister Gautam Deb focused on the tourism and homestay policies and said that there are around 3000 homestays in north Bengal
About 5 million travelers came to the island between July and September, led by visitors from Greater China, which jumped 22%
"So we are hoping that much large number of tourists will come to India in future," Kannanthanam said
"The growth rate in FTAs in November 2017 over November 2016 is 14.4 per cent," the statement said
Foreign tourist arrivals during the period January- October 2017 were 7.9 mn
India received 4.21 million foreign tourists till May against 3.62 million last year