14.4% growth in foreign tourist arrivals in Nov, says Tourism Ministry

The Tourism Ministry has registered a growth of 14.4% growth in Foreign Tourist Arrivals in November 2017 over the same period last year. 
 
The number of foreign tourist arrivals (FTAs) in India in November 2017 was 10.05 lakh as compared to FTAs of 8.78 lakh in November 2016 and 8.16 lakh in November 2015, according to a statement by the Tourism Ministry.

The Ministry compiles monthly estimates of FTAs and FTAs on e-Tourist Visa on the basis of nationality-wise, port-wise data received from Bureau of Immigration (BOI).
 
"FTAs during the period January- November 2017 were 90.01 lakh with a growth of 15.6% over same period of the previous year, compared to FTAs of 77.83 lakh with a growth of 9.4% in January- November, 2016 over January- November, 2015," the statement said.
 
Further, it informed, "The percentage share of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India during November, 2017 among the top 15 source countries was highest from Bangladesh (16.77%) followed by USA (14.77%), UK (9.93%), Russian Fed. (4.41%), Canada (4.39%), Australia (3.96%), Malaysia (3.50%), Germany (2.90%), France (2.51%),Sri Lanka (2.32%), China (2.26%),  Singapore (2.04%), Japan (2.03%), Thailand (1.87%), and Rep. of Korea (1.31%)."
 
During the month of November 2017, a total of 2.14 lakh foreign tourists arrived on e-Tourist Visa as compared to 1.37 lakh during the month of November 2016 registering a growth of 56.2%.
 
During January- November 2017, a total of 14.57 lakh foreign tourists arrived on e-Tourist Visa as compared to 9.17 lakh during January- November 2016, registering a growth of 58.8%.
 
The Ministry also highlighted the percentage share of top 15 source countries availing e-Tourist Visa facilities during  November 2017. 

These countries include UK (17.1%), USA (11.6%), Russian Federation (6.6%), France (5.7%), Germany (4.8%), China (4.8%), Australia (4.5%), Canada (4.3%), Korea (Rep. of) (2.6%), Thailand (2.4%), Italy (2.4%), Singapore (2.1%), Oman (1.8%),Spain (1.8%) and Netherlands (1.5%).