Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in have registered a 3.7 per cent growth May 2016 over the same period in 2015. Bangladesh accounted for the highest share of tourist arrivals, followed by the USA and UK. Rs 10, 285 crore of foreign exchange earning (FEE) was recorded through tourism in May 2016, according the Ministry of Tourism monthly compilation of estimates of FTAs, on the basis of nationality-wise, port-wise data received from Bureau of Immigration (BoI) and FEEs from tourism on the basis of data available from Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
FTAs during May, 2016 were 5.29 lakh as compared to FTAs of 5.1 lakh during May, 2015 and 4.65 lakh in May, 2014. FTAs during the period January-May, 2016 were 36.36 lakh with a growth of 9.1 per cent as compared to the FTAs of 33.32 lakh with a growth of four per cent in January-May, 2015 over January-May, 2014.
The percentage share of FTAs in India during May, 2016, among the top 15 source countries was highest from Bangladesh (20.48 per cent) followed by the USA (15.68 per cent), the UK (7.56 per cent), Malaysia (3.74 per cent), Sri Lanka (3.39 per cent), China (3.24 per cent), Japan (2.69 per cent), Canada (2.62 per cent), Germany (2.48 per cent), Australia (2.42 per cent), Singapore (2.23 per cent), France (2.14 per cent), Nepal (2.06 per cent), Pakistan (1.73 per cent), and Oman (1.66 per cent).
The percentage share of FTAs among the top 15 ports was highest at Delhi Airport (26.37 per cent) followed by Mumbai Airport (17.30 per cent), Haridaspur land check post (11.78 per cent), Chennai Airport (9.03 per cent), Bengaluru Airport (7.54 per cent), Kolkata Airport (4.66 per cent), Kochi Airport (3.89 per cent), Hyderabad Airport (3.71 per cent), Gede Rail (2.73 per cent), Trivandrum Airport (1.76 per cent), Ahmadabad Airport (1.68 per cent), Tiruchirapalli Airport (1.67 per cent), Attari-Wagah (1.38 per cent), Goa Airport (0.82 per cent), and Ghojadanga land check post (0.65 per cent).
FEEs during May, 2016 were Rs 10,285 crore as compared to Rs 9,505 crore in May, 2015 and Rs 7,936 crore in May, 2014. The growth rate in FEEs during May, 2016 over May, 2015 was 8.2 per cent as compared to the growth of 19.8 per cent in May, 2015 over May, 2014. FEEs from tourism during January-May 2016 were Rs 62,333 crore with a growth of 14.4 per cent as compared to the FEE of Rs 54,471 crore with a growth of 7.3 per cent during January-May, 2015 over January- May, 2014.
