Foreign tourist arrivals grew by 12% in August; brought in over Rs 12,900 crore

The Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in August grew by 11.8% over the same period last year. This brought in Rs 12,903 crore in foreign exchange into the country through tourism during August 2016 as compared to Rs 11,411 crore in August 2015.

The growth rate in foreign exchange earnings (FEE) in rupee terms during August 2016 over August 2015 was 13.1% as compared to the growth of 9.9% in August 2015.

FEEs from tourism in rupee terms during January- August 2016 were Rs 1,00, 287 crore with growth of 14.7% as compared to the FEE of Rs 87,428 crore during January-August 2015
 
FTAs during August 2016 were 6.70 lakh as compared to FTAs of 5.99 lakh during the month of August 2015. There has been a growth of 11.8% in August 2016 over August 2015.
 
Nationals from Bangladesh account for the highest share of tourist arrivals followed by USA and UK in August.  

The percentage share of FTAs in India during August 2016 among the top 15 source countries was highest from Bangladesh (16.61%) followed by  USA (12.59%), UK (10.57%), Sri Lanka (5.92%), Malaysia (3.41%), China (2.77%), Japan (2.75%), Canada (2.63%), Germany (2.57%),France (2.54%),Australia (2.40%), Oman (2.19%), Nepal (1.95%), Singapore (1.91%) and UAE (1.68%).