According to a press release by the Ministry of Tourism, there has been a 23.5% growth in foreign tourist arrivals (FTAs) in April 2017 over April 2016. There has also been a 63.4% growth in foreign tourist arrivals on e-tourist visa in April 2017 over April 2016.
The Ministry of Tourism compiles monthly estimates of FTAs and FTAs on e-tourist visa on the basis of nationality-wise, port-wise data received from the Bureau of Immigration (BOI).
FTAs
The following are the important highlights regarding FTAs from tourism during the month of April, 2017.
The number of FTAs in April 2017 were 7.40 lakh as compared to FTAs of 5.99 lakh in April 2016 and 5.42 lakh in April 2015. The growth rate in FTAs in April, 2017 over April 2016 is 23.5% compared to 10.7% in April 2016 over April 2015. FTAs during the period January-April 2017 were 35.85 lakh with a growth of 15.4%, as compared to the FTAs of 31.08 lakh with a growth of 10.1% in January-April 2016 over January-April 2015. The percentage share of FTAs in India during April 2017 among the top 15 source countries was highest from Bangladesh (23.07%) followed by the USA (10.65%), the UK (10.51%), Germany (3.28%), Australia (3.15%), Malaysia (2.98%), China (2.95%), Sri Lanka (2.85%), Russia (2.78%), Canada (2.43%), France (2.33%), Japan (2.14%), Afghanistan (1.69%), Singapore (1.69%), and Nepal (1.61%). The percentage share of FTAs in India during April 2017 among the top 15 ports was highest at Delhi Airport (29.20%) followed by Mumbai Airport (15.48%), Haridaspur Land checkpost (12.88%), Chennai Airport (6.56%), Bengaluru Airport (5.67%), Kolkata Airport (5.01%), Cochin Airport (4.06%), Gede Rail Land checkpost (2.89%), Goa Airport (2.86%), Hyderabad Airport (2.60%), Ghojadanga land checkpost (1.69%), Ahmadabad Airport (1.35%), Trivandrum (1.34%), Tiruchirapalli Airport (1.31%), and Amritsar Airport (1.23%), FTAs on e-tourist visas
The following are the important highlights regarding FTAs on e-Tourist Visa from tourism during the month of April, 2017.
During the month of April 2017, a total of 1.14 lakh tourist arrived on e-tourist visa as compared to 0.7 lakh during the month of April 2016 registering a growth of 63.4%. During January-April 2017, a total of 5.82 lakh tourist arrived on e-tourist visa as compared to 3.91 lakh during January-April 2016, registering a growth of 48.8% . The percentage shares of top 15 source countries availing e- Tourist Visa facilities during April, 2017 were as follows: the UK (21.6%), the USA (10.2%), China (6.1%), Russia (6.1%), France (5.1%), Germany (4.7%), Australia (4.0%), Canada (2.9%), Spain (2.7%), South Africa (2.7%), South Korea (2.6%), Thailand (2.3%), Malaysia (1.7%), Netherlands (1.7%), and Singapore (1.6%). The percentage shares of top 15 ports in tourist arrivals on e-Tourist Visa during April, 2017 were as follows: New Delhi Airport (48.6%), Mumbai Airport (20.4%), Dabolim (Goa) Airport (7.2%), Bengaluru Airport (5.4%), Chennai Airport (5.1%), Kochi Airport (3.2%), Kolkata Airport (2.3%), Amritsar Airport (2.0%),Hyderabad Airport (1.9%), Trivandrum Airport (1.3%), Ahmadabad Airport (1.0%), Trichy Airport (0.6%), Jaipur Airport (0.5%), Calicut Airport (0.1%), and Pune Airport(0.1%).
