Foreign tourist arrivals to India rise 7.3% in June
Sharath Chowdary Foreign tourist arrivals (FTAs) to India have increased 7.3% at 5.50 lakh during the month of June, 2016 when compared to 5.12 lakh FTAs in the same month last year as per the Ministry of Tourism monthly estimates released on Monday. The ministry compiles this with the data from Bureau of Immigration and Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The FTAs rose 8.9% at 41.86 lakh during the period January-June 2016 as against 38.45 lakh FTAs in the corresponding period previous year. The share of FTAs in India was highest from US (22%), followed by Bangladesh, UK, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Australia, China, Canada, Japan, Singapore, France, Germany, Nepal, Pakistan and Korea during the last month. According to RBI, Foreign Exchange Earnings (FEEs) from tourism grew ...
Marginal growth in foreign exchange earnings from tourism in dollar terms
The Dollar Business Bureau The foreign exchange earnings (FEEs) in US$ terms increased by 0.7% to US$ 1.674 billion in March 2015, as compared to FEEs of US$ 1.662 billion registered during the month of March 2014. This is in comparison to a decline of 5.3% in March 2014 over March 2013, said a PIB release. FEEs from tourism in US$ terms during January- March 2015 were US$ 5.310 billion with a growth of 1.1% as compared to the US$ 5.253 billion with a decline of 6.9% during January- March 2014 over January- March 2013. In rupee terms, the growth rate was better with FEEs during the month of March 2015 touching Rs.10,451 crore as compared to Rs.10,152 crore ...
Tourist arrivals to India increase 7% y/y in 2014
The Dollar Business Bureau Tourists taking boat tour on the Ganga river in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Ganga, Krishna, Buddha, North East and Kerala are five theme-based circuits that will be developed to boost tourism this year The number of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) to India have increased to around 7.4 million in the calendar year 2014, up around 7.1% from around 6.9 million seen in the previous year. The growth is better than the y/y growth of around 5.9% seen in 2013. According to the Ministry of Tourism, the growth in tourism has fuelled India’s Foreign Exchange Earnings due to tourism from around $18.45 billion in 2013 to about $19.66 billion in 2014, registering a y/y growth of around ...
India plans to attract over 10 million tourists in 2015
The Dollar Business Bureau Foreign Tourist Arrivals to India in January - November 2014 are up about 7% The Indian government is planning to attract 11 million or about 1% of the total 1.1 billion international tourists to India by next year with the help of a slew of reforms in the sector, Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Minister of Tourism, said today. That’s a massive jump of around 57% from an estimated seven million Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India this year. According to the Ministry of Tourism, FTAs during January- November 2014 stood at around 6.58 million, up about 7.1% from around 6.15 million in the corresponding period last year, the best rate of growth in Asia. The foreign exchange ...
FICCI to promote tourism in Uttar Pradesh, India
Sachin Manawaria | @TheDollarBiz Lord Buddha delivered his first sermon after attaining enlightenment at Sarnath, India The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has tied up with the Government of Uttar Pradesh to promote tourism in the state. Recently, O.P. Singh, Minister of Tourism, Government of Uttar Pradesh, formally launched the Uttar Pradesh Travel Mart (UPTM) 2015, which will be held in Lucknow from February 22-24, 2015. On this occasion, the minister launched the website www.ficci-uptm.com to help foreign and domestic travellers. The UPTM 2015 will see 75 top foreign tour operators from across the world who will have pre-schedule B2B meetings for two days with the sellers of tourism products of the state of Uttar Pradesh ...
Indias Foreign Exchange Earnings from tourism up 20% in April Sep 2014
The Dollar Business Bureau | @TheDollarBiz Foreign Tourist Arrivals to India are up about 11.7% (y-o-y) in April - September 2014 India’s Foreign Exchange Earnings (FEE) from tourism in the first half of FY2014-15 stands at Rs.54,170 crore (about $9 billion), which is up almost 20% compared to Rs.45,275 crore (about $7.66 billion) earned in the corresponding period last year. According to India’s Ministry of Tourism, the total number of tourist arrivals (Foreign Tourist Arrivals or FTAs) during April-September 2014 has increased to 30.53 lakh, up about 11.7% from 27.33 lakh recorded during the same period last year. The top source countries in September 2014 include: Bangladesh (14.79%), USA (11.88%), UK (8.33%), Sri Lanka (4.77%), Malaysia (4.18%), Japan (3.69%), Australia (3.54%), ...
