Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) and Foreign Exchange Earnings (FEE) from Tourism in India during September 2008 and comparative figures of 2006 and 2007

Foreign Tourist Arrivals

Month

     Foreign Tourist Arrivals (Nos.) 

Percentage Change

2006

2007

2008 @

2007/2006

2008/2007

January

459489

535631

591337

16.6%

10.4%

February

439090

501692

561393

14.3%

11.9%

March

391009

472494

541478

20.8%

14.6%

April

309208

350550

384203

13.4%

9.6%

May

255008

277017

300840

8.6%

8.6%

June

278370

310364

340159

11.5%

9.6%

July

337332

399866

429456

18.5%

7.4%

August

304387

358446

391423

17.8%

9.2%

September

297891

301892

330874

1.3%

9.6%

Total

3071784

3507952

3871163

14.2%

10.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign Exchange Earnings in Rs. Crore

Month

Foreign Exchange Earnings (in Rs. Crore)

Percentage Change

2006 *

2007*

2008#

2007/2006

2008/2007

January

3970

4698

5438

18.3%

15.8%

February

3793

4401

5182

16.0%

17.7%

March

3378

4144

5035

22.7%

21.5%

April

2850

3218

3773

12.9%

17.2%

May

2350

2543

2988

8.2%

17.5%

June

2566

2849

3409

11.0%

19.7%

July

2990

3436

3870

14.9%

12.6%

August

2698

3080

3626

14.2%

17.7%

September

2640

2594

3143

-1.7%

21.2%

Total

27235

30963

36464

13.7%

17.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign Exchange Earnings in US$ million

Month

Foreign Exchange Earnings (in US$ million)

Percentage Change

2006*

2007*

2008#

2007/2006

2008/2007

January

894

1064

1382

19.0%

29.9%

February

854

996

1305

16.6%

31.0%

March

761

938

1248

23.3%

33.0%

April

627

780

943

24.4%

20.9%

May

517

617

711

19.3%

15.2%

June

564

691

796

22.5%

15.2%

July

645

848

904

31.5%

6.6%

August

582

760

845

30.6%

11.2%

September

569

640

689

12.5%

7.7%

Total

6013

7334

8823

22.0%

20.3%

@ Provisional Estimates    * Revised Estimates # Advance Estimates

Source: Ministry of Tourism.

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNING IN INDIA DURING 2006 AND CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR 2004 & 2005

FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS (Nos.)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

Months

2004

2005*

2006*

2005/04

2006/05

January

460.67

532.19

632.43

15.53

18.43

February

452.96

536.07

594.64

26.3

8.2

March

400.37

505.74

547.17

26.3

8.2

April

304.77

378.38

473.44

24.2

25.1

May

252.51

333.15

368.56

31.9

10.6

June

303.72

375.47

401.23

23.6

6.9

July

384.87

470.08

497.27

22.1

5.8

August

375.80

435.49

456.76

21.7

4.9

September

320.33

401.83

424.70

25.5

5.7

October

423.97

497.63

594.05

17.4

19.4

November

531.25

597.50

711.61

12.5

19.1

December

575.78

667.33

822.48

15.9

23.2

Total

4769.00

5730.86

6569.34

20.2

14.6

Source:http://www.gourkanjilal.com/foreing-tourist-arrival-india.htm

 

 

KERALA TOURISM RECEIPTS FROM 2001-2007

 

Year     Foreign Exchange   Percentage of Increase Total revenue generate    Percentage of Increase

                 Earnings                                                           (Direct & Indirect)

               (Rs. In Crores)                                                     (Rs. In Crores)                                           

            

                                                                                                                                                           

2001                 535.00             1.85                                        4500.00                       9.58

2002                705.67             31.90                                       4931.00                       20.42

2003                983.37             39.35                                       5938.00                       12.83

2004                1266.77           28.82                                       6829.00                       15.01

2005                1552.31           22.54                                       7738.00                       13.31

2006                1988.40           28.09                                       9126.00                       17.94

2007                2640.94           32.82                                       11433.00                     25.28

 

Foreign exchange earnings for the year 2007 is 2640.94 Crores which recorded a growth of 32.82 % over the previous year.

Total Revenue (including direct & indirect) from Tourism during 2007 is Rs.11433 Crores, showing an increase of 25.28 % over the last year’s figure

 

 

 

 

 

TOURISM RECEIPTS OF ASSAM, 1996-2000

 

Year

Directorate of Tourism

ATDC@

Total

1996-97

3,688

NA

3,688

1997-98

2,743

1,972

4,715

1998-99

3,105

1,979

5,084

1999-2000

3,172

3,226

6,398

Source: Directorate of Tourism, Assam@ Assam Tourism Development Corporation  

                TOURISM RECEIPTS OF ORISSA, 2003-2007

                                                                                                            (Rs. in Crores)

Year

Domestic Tourists

Foreign Tourists

Total

2003

1239.47

29.68

1269.15

2004

1381.56

34.18

1415.74

2005

2303.75

82.24

2385.99

2006

2605.54

96.63

2702.17

2007

2956.09

103.39

3059.48

Source: Statistical Bulletin, Government of Orissa DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM & CULTURE (tOURISM)

 

 

TOURISM RECEIPTS OF GOA, 2002-2006

                                                                                                            (Rupees in lakhs)

 

Sl.No.   Financial Year             Revenue          % Change        Expenditure    % Change

1          2002-03                         100.00                                      2288.72

2          2003-04                        126.50             26.50                2845.61             24.33

3          2004-05                        106.05             -16.17               2811.45             -1.20

4          2005-06                         130.14              22.72                2951.58             4.98

 

 

TOURISM RECEIPT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH 2004.

       Around 5 billion Rs  annually (acc. to Hindustan Times 12 May  

       2004);  or around 2 billion Rs annually (acc. to Hindustan Times

       22 February 2004)