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Top Fifteen Source Countries for Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India (2008)
Country	Rank	FTAs	%age Share
USA	1	827866	15.43
UK	2	787197	14.67
Bangladesh	3	540092	10.06
Sri Lanka	4	228548	4.26
Canada	5	223587	4.17
France	6	217816	4.06
Germany	7	209252	3.9
Japan	8	150732	2.81
Australia	9	148055	2.76
Malaysia	10	119040	2.22
Singapore	11	100351	1.87
China (Main)	12	98721	1.84
Russia	13	91423	1.7
Italy	14	89235	1.66
Korea (South)	15	82335	1.53
Total of Top 15 Countries		3914239	72.94
All Countries		5366966	100.0
Source : Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India. (11229)

Potential Markets of India

Target Markets	Target Tourist Arrivals (in Mn.)
Target Markets	2010	2015
U.K.	0.86	1.5
U.S.A	1.6	4.4
Canada	0.88	2.2
France	0.68	1.7
Germany	0.56	1.4
Japan	0.6	1.5
Malaysia	0.64	1.6
Australia	0.88	1.7
Singapore	0.36	0.9
Netherlands	0.08	0.2
Korea (South)	0.6	1.5
China	0.52	1.3
Thailand	0.56	1.4
Others	1.18	3.7
Total Target Arrivals	10	25.00

Source:Derivations based on data received from Bureau of Immigration, Government of India

Top 10 Source Countries for Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India in 2008

Sl. No	Source Country	FTAs(in Million)*	Percentage Share (%)
1	USA	0.828	15.43
2	UK	0.787	14.66
3	Bangladesh	0.540	10.06
4	Sri Lanka	0.229	4.27
5	Canada	0.224	4.17
6	France	0.218	4.06
7	Germany	0.209	3.90
8	Japan	0.151	2.81
9	Australia	0.148	2.76
10	Malaysia	0.119	2.22
Total of top 10 countries		3.453	64.34
Others		1.914	35.66
All Countries		5.367	100.00
Source: Bureau of Immigration, Government of India

Foreign Tourist Arrivals to India in 2008

Month	2008 @
January	591337
February	561393
March	541478
April	384203
May	300840
June	340159
July	429456
August	391423
September	330874
October	452000 (approx)
November	521000(approx)
December	522000(approx)
Total	5366163(approx)
@ Provisional Estimates
Source: Figures up to September – Ministry of Tourism, Government of India Figures from October to December and Total - TravTalk, January 2nd issue 2009

Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) In India,
1996-2008

Year

FTAs
(in Million)

Percentage (%) change over the previous year

1996

2.29

7.7

1997

2.37

3.8

1998

2.36

-0.7

1999

2.48

5.2

2000

2.65

6.7

2001

2.54

-4.2

2002

2.38

-6.0

2003

2.73

14.3

2004

3.46

26.8

2005

3.92

13.3

2006

4.45

13.5

2007

5.08

14.3

2008
(Jan-June)(p)

2.72

11.1@

P: Provisional, @ Growth rate, over Jan-June, 2007

Source:
(i) Bureau of Immigration, Govt. of India,
for 1996-2007
(ii) Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India, for 2008

Share of Top 10 States/ UTs of India in Number of Foreign Tourist Visits in 2008
Rank	State/ UT	Foreign Tourist Visits * in 2008
Rank	State/ UT	Number	Percentage Share (%)
1	Delhi	2339287	16.6
2	Maharashtra	2056913	14.6
3	Tamil Nadu	2029410	14.4
4	Uttar Pradesh	1610089	11.4
5	Rajasthan	1477646	10.5
6	West Bengal	1133671	8.0
7	Andhra Pradesh	789180	5.6
8	Kerala	598929	4.2
9	Himachal Pradesh	376736	2.7
10	Goa	351123	2.5
Total of Top 10 States		12762984	90.5
Others		1349606	9.5
Total		14112590	100.0
* Provisional Note: Figures for Maharashtra & Chhattisgarh have been estimated Source: State/ UT Tourism Departments

State-wise Number of Foreign Tourist Visits in India (2007)
States/UTs	Number of Foreign Tourist Visits during 2007
Delhi	2018848
Maharashtra	1928052
Tamil Nadu	1753103
Uttar Pradesh	1493157
Rajasthan	1401042
West Bengal	1154770
Andhra Pradesh	769724
Kamataka	534563
Kerala	515808
Goa	388457
Himachal Pradesh	339409
Madhya Pradesh	234204
Bihar	177362
Gujarat	104158
Uttarakhand	95976
Haryana	64711
Puducherry	57682
Jammu & Kashmir	52754
Orissa	41880
Chandigarh	26567
Sikkim	17498
Assam	12899
Andaman & Nicobar Islands	10975
Dadra & Nager Haveli	5625
Punjab	5470
Daman & Diu	5315
Meghalaya	5267
Jharkhand	4004
Tripura	3181
Lakshadweep	2933
Arunachal Pradesh	2212
Chhattisgarh	1232
Nagaland	936
Mizoram	669
Manipur	396
Source : Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 213, dated 17.02.2009

Top 10 Source Countries for Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India in 2007

Sl. No	Source Country	FTAs(in Million)	Percentage Share (%)
1	USA	0.799	15.73
2	UK	0.796	15.67
3	Bangladesh	0.480	9.45
4	Canada	0.208	4.10
5	France	0.205	4.03
6	Sri Lanka	0.204	4.02
7	Germany	0.184	3.62
8	Japan	0.146	2.86
9	Australia	0.136	2.67
10	Malaysia	0.113	2.22
Total of top 10 countries		3.271	64.37
Others		1.810	35.63
All Countries		5.081	100.00
Source: Bureau of Immigration, Government of India


Number of Foreign Tourist Visits to all States /UTs in India, 1996-2007
Year	No: of Foreign Tourist Visits (in Million)	Percentage(%) change over the previous year
1996	5.03	8.4
1997	5.50	9.3
1998	5.54	0.7
1999	5.83	5.3
2000	5.89	1.1
2001	5.44	-7.8
2002	5.16	-5.1
2003	6.71	30.1
2004	8.36	24.6
2005	9.95	19.0
2006	11.75	18.1
2007*	13.17	12.1
* Provisional
Note: Figures for Maharashtra and Chattisgarh have been estimated Source: State/UT Tourism Department

Lean And Peak Months Of Foreign
Tourist Arrivals In India During
2006 From Top 15 Countries

S. No.	Nationality	Lean Month	Peak Month
1	U.K.	June	December
2	U.S.A	September	December
3	Canada	May	December
4	France	May	February
5	Germany	June	November
6	Sri Lanka	May	August
7	Japan	May	February
8	Australia	May	December
9	Malaysia	July	December
10	Nepal	April	September
11	Singapore	July	December
12	Italy	May	December
13	Korea (South)	May	January
14	China (Main)	August	November
15	Netherlands	June	July
Source:- Bureau of Immigration, Government of India

Region-wise Foreign Tourist Arrivals in India(2006)
Region/Country	2006
Western Europe	1487271
South Asia	908916
North America	873306
East Asia	282985
South East Asia	281726
West Asia	146693
Africa	142813
Australasia	137436
Eastern Europe	121309
Central & South America	38745
Others	25320
Stateless	647
Total Arrivals in India	4447167
Source: Ministry of Tourism and Culture,Government of India.

Top Fifteen Source Countries for Tourist Arrivals in India - 2006
Rank	Country	2006
Rank	Country	Tourist Arrivals	% Share
1	UK	734240	16.5
2	USA	696739	15.7
3	Canada	176567	4.0
4	France	175345	3.9
5	Germany	156808	3.5
6	Sri Lanka	154813	3.5
7	Japan	119292	2.7
8	Australia	109867	2.5
9	Malaysia	107286	2.4
10	Nepal	91552	2.1
11	Singapore	82574	1.9
12	Italy	79978	1.8
13	Korea (South)	70407	1.6
14	China (Main)	62330	1.4
15	Netherlands	58611	1.3
Total of top 15 Countries		2876409	64.7
All Countries		4447167	100

Source: Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Government of India.

Composition of Foreign Tourists visiting India-
Country Wise

Countries

2002

2003

2004

2005

387846

430917

555907

651083

USA

348182

410803

526120

611165

Canada

93598

107671

135884

157643

France

78194

97654

131824

152258

Germany

64891

76868

116679

120243

Japan

59709

77996

96851

103082

Malaysia

63748

70750

84390

96276

Australia

50743

58730

81608

96258

Singapore

44306

48368

60710

68666

Source: Bureau of Immigration, Government of India

Composition of Foreign Tourists visiting India-
Continent Wise

Continents	Contribution (%)		Prime Countries
Continents	2004	2005	Prime Countries
North America	19.1	19.6	USA, Canada
Central & South America	0.8	0.9	Brazil, Mexico
Western Europe	32.6	32.7	UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Netherlands
Eastern Europe	2.4	2.6	CIS, Poland, Czechoslovakia
West Asia	3.6	3.4	Israel , UAE, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Turkey
South Asia	22.9	21.5	Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan
East Asia	5.7	5.8	China, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand
Australasia	2.9	3.1	Australia
Africa	3.3	3.4	South Africa, Mauritius, Kenya, Nigeria, Mauritius
Source: Bureau of Immigration, Government of India

FOREIGN TOURIST ARRIVALS IN INDIA,
1981-2006

Year	Foreign Tourist Arrivals	Annual Growth %
1981	1279210	2.0
1982	1288162	0.7
1983	1304976	1.3
1984	1193752	-8.5
1985	1259384	5.5
1986	1451076	15.2
1987	1484290	2.3
1988	1590661	7.2
1989	1736093	9.1
1990	1707158	-1.7
1991	1677508	-1.7
1992	1867651	11.3
1993	1764830	-5.5
1994	1886433	6.9
1995	2123683	12.6
1996	2287860	7.7
1997	2374094	3.8
1998	2358629	-0.7
1999	2481928	5.2
2000	2649378	6.7
2001	2537282	-4.2
2002	2384364	-6.0
2003	2726214	14.3
2004	3457477	26.8
2005	3918610	13.3
2006	4447167	13.5
India Tourism Statistics 2006

FOREIGN TOURIST ARRIVALS IN INDIA
ACCORDING TO GENDER, 1996-2006

Year	Arrivals	Gender Distribution (%)
Year	Arrivals	Male	Female	Not Reported
1996	1923695	65.3	34.7	0.0
1997	1973647	61.5	38.5	0.0
1998	1974815	65.4	34.6	0.0
1999	2025031	69.5	30.5	0.0
2000	2152926	61.9	38.1	0.0
2001	2537282	41.1	24.5	34.4
2002	2384364	50.2	27.5	22.3
2003	2726214	55.7	32.1	12.2
2004	3457477	54.9	33.9	11.2
2005	3918610	52.5	33.1	14.4
2006	4447167	57.1	36.2	6.7
Source: Bureau of Immigration

Top 10 Source Countries for Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India in 2010
Sl.No	Source Country	FTAs(in million)(P)	Percentage Share
1	USA	0.916	16.40
2	UK	0.755	13.52
3	Bangladesh	0.381	6.82
4	Canada	0.240	4.30
5	Germany	0.224	4.01
6	Sri Lanka	0.219	3.92
7	France	0.218	3.90
8	Japan	0.165	2.95
9	Australia	0.164	2.94
10	Malaysia	0.160	2.87
	Total of Top 10 countries	3.442	61.64
	Others	2.142	38.36
	All Countries	5.584	100.00
(P): Provisional
Source: Bureau of Immigration, Government of India

Number of Foreign Tourist Visits to all States/UTs in India, 1997-2010
Year	No: of Foreign Tourist Visits(in million) to States/UTs	Percentage (%) change over the previous year
1997	5.50	9.3
1998	5.54	0.7
1999	5.83	5.3
2000	5.89	1.1
2001	5.44	-7.8
2002	5.16	-5.1
2003	6.71	30.1
2004	8.36	24.6
2005	9.95	19.0
2006	11.75	18.1
2007	13.26	12.8
2008	14.38	8.5
2009	14.37	-0.1
2010(P)	17.85	24.2
P: Provisional
Source: India Tourism Statistics 2010
Note: (i) Figures for Chattisgarh has been estimated (ii) For some States data adjusted using the information available with Ministry of Tourism

Share of India in International Tourist Arrivals in World & Asia and the Pacific Region, 1997-2010
Year	International Tourist Arrivals (in million)		FTAs in India (in million)	Percentage(%) share and rank of India in World		Percentage(%) share and rank of India in Asia and the Pacific
Year	World	Asia and the Pacific	FTAs in India (in million)	% share	Rank	% share	Rank
1997	593.0	89.0	2.37	0.40	-	2.67	-
1998	611.0	88.3	2.36	0.39	47th	2.67	-
1999	633.8	97.6	2.48	0.39	46th	2.54	-
2000	683.3	109.3	2.65	0.39	50th	2.42	11th
2001	683.4	114.5	2.54	0.37	51st	2.22	12th
2002	703.2	123.4	2.38	0.34	54th	1.93	12th
2003	691.0	111.9	2.73	0.39	51st	2.44	11th
2004	762.0	143.4	3.46	0.45	44th	2.41	11th
2005	803.4	154.6	3.92	0 .49	43rd	2.53	11th
2006	846.0	166.0	4.45	0.53	44th	2.68	11th
2007	894.0	182.0	5.08	0.57	41st	2.79	11th
2008	917.0	184.1	5.28	0.58	41st	2.87	11th
2009	882.0	180.9	5.17	0.59	41st	2.86	11th
2010(P)	940.0	203.8	5.58	0.59	40th	2.74	11th
P: Provisional
Source: (i) UNWTO Tourism Market Trends 2007 Edition, for the years upto 2005
(ii) UNWTO Barometer June 2010 for 2006 and January 2011 for 2007 and UNWTO Tourism Highlights 2011 edition for 2008, 2009 and 2010.

Share of Top 10 countries of the World and India in International Tourist Arrivals in 2010
Sl.No	Country	International Tourist Arrivals(P)(in million)	Percentage Share
1	France	76.8	8.17
2	USA	59.7	6.35
3	China	55.7	5.93
4	Spain	52.7	5.61
5	Italy	43.6	4.64
6	UK	28.1	2.99
7	Turkey	27.0	2.87
8	Germany	26.9	2.86
9	Malaysia	24.6	2.62
10	Mexico	22.4	2.38
	Total of Top 10 countries	417.5	44.42
	India#	5.6	0.59
	Others	516.9	54.99
	Total	940.0	100.00
(P): Provisional
# Excludes nationals of the country residing abroad
Source: UNWTO Tourism Highlights 2011 Edition

Foreign Tourist Arrivals, 2010
States	International Tourists	Rank
Maharashtra	5,083,000	1
Tamil Nadu	2,805,000	2
Delhi	1,894,000	3
Uttar Pradesh	1,675,000	4
Rajasthan	1,279,000	5
West Bengal	1,192,000	6
Kerala	659,000	7
Bihar	636,000	8
Himachal Pradesh	454,000	9
Goa	441,000	10
Karnataka	381,000	11
Andhra Pradesh	323,000	12
Madhya Pradesh	250,000	13
Punjab	137,000	14
Gujarat	131,000	15
Uttarakhand	127,000	16
Haryana	106,000	17
Orissa	50,000	18
Jammu & Kashmir	48,000	19
Sikkim	21,000	20
Jharkhand	16,000	21
Assam	15,000	22
Tripura	5,000	23
Meghalaya	4,000	24
Arunachal Pradesh	3,000	25
Chhattisgarh	2,000	26
Mizoram	1,000	27
Nagaland	1,000	28
Manipur	0	29
Source: Ministry of Tourism, Government of India 2010, HVS report (Figures are rounded)

Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) from Tourism during 2010, 2009 & 2008
Month	Foreign Tourist Arrivals(Nos.)			Percentage Change
Month	2008	2009(R)	2010@	2009/08	2010/09
January	511781	481308	490868	-6.0%	2.0%
February	611493	489787	600796	-19.9%	22.7%
March	479765	442062	471781	-7.9%	6.7%
April	361101	347544	354386	-3.8%	2.0%
May	304361	305183	344858	0.3%	13.0%
June	341539	352353	369600	3.2%	4.9%
July	431933	432900	452341	0.2%	4.5%
August	383337	369707	381903	-3.6%	3.3%
September	341693	330707	368972	-3.2%	11.6%
October	450013	458849	486992	2.0%	6.1%
November	531683	541524	606181	1.9%	11.9%
December	533904	615775	655068	15.3%	6.4%
Total	5282603	5167699	5583746	-2.2%	8.1%
R: Revised; @: Provisional Estimates

Top 10 Source Countries For Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in 2009
S.No	Source Country	FTAs * (in Million)	Percentage(%) Share
1	USA	0.803	15.72
2	UK	0.749	14.66
3	Bangladesh	0.458	8.97
4	Sri Lanka	0.241	4.72
5	Canada	0.221	4.33
6	France	0.195	3.82
7	Germany	0.194	3.80
8	Australia	0.149	2.92
9	Malaysia	0.134	2.62
10	Japan	0.124	2.43
Total of top 10 countries		3.268	63.98
Others		1.840	36.02
All Countries		5.108	100.00
*Provisional Source: Bureau of Immigration, Govt. of India

Share of Top 10 States/UTs of India in Number of Foreign Tourist Visits in 2009
Rank	State/UT	Foreign Tourist Visits* in 2009
Rank	State/UT	Number	Percentage Share(%)
1	Tamil Nadu	2369050	17.3
2	Maharashtra	1999320	14.6
3	New Delhi	1958272	14.3
4	Uttar Pradesh	1532573	11.2
5	West Bengal	1180418	8.6
6	Rajasthan	1073414	7.8
7	Andhra Pradesh	795173	5.8
8	Kerala	548737	4.0
9	Bihar	423042	3.1
10	Himachal Pradesh	400583	2.9
Total of top 10 countries		12280582	89.6
Others		1436940	10.4
All Countries		13717522	100.0
*Provisional Note: Figures for Delhi & Maharashtra have been estimated Source: State/UT Tourism Departments

Foreign Tourist Arrivals(FTA) 2009
Month	FTA (000s)
January	487
February	502
March	472
April	371
May	295
June	341
July	432
August	358
September	317
October	448
November	518
Source: Ministry of Tourism, Government of India

Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India, 1996-2009
Year	FTAs (in Million)	Percentage (%) change overthe previous year
1996	2.29	7.7
1997	2.37	3.8
1998	2.36	-0.7
1999	2.48	5.2
2000	2.65	6.7
2001	2.54	-4.2
2002	2.38	-6.0
2003	2.73	14.3
2004	3.46	26.8
2005	3.92	13.3
2006	4.45	13.5
2007	5.08	14.3
2008(P)	5.37	5.6
2009	2.47	-9.3 @
(Jan-June) (P)
P: Provisional, @ Growth rate over Jan-June, 2008 Source: (i) Bureau of Immigration, Govt. of India, for 1996-2007 (ii) Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India, for 2008 & 2009

Month-wise Foreign Tourist Arrivals in India, 2007-2009
		Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India
				Percentage( %) Change
Month	2007	2008(P)	2009 (P)	2008/2007	2009/2008
January	535631	591337	487262	10.4	-17.6
February	501692	561393	501885	11.9	-10.6
March	472494	541478	471627	14.6	-12.9
April	350550	384203	370756	9.6	-3.5
May	277017	300840	295124	8.6	-1.9
June	310364	340159	340839	9.6	0.2
July	399866	429456		7.4
August	358446	391423		9.2
September	301892	330874		9.6
October	444564	452566		1.8
November	532428	521247		-2.1
December	596560	521990		-12.5
Total	5081504	5366966		5.6
Sub-total (Jan-June)	2447748	2719410	2467493	11.1 @	-9.3 @
P: Provisional, @ Growth rate over Jan-June, 2008 Source: (i) Bureau of Immigration, Govt. of India, for 2007 (ii) Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India, 2008 & 2009

TOP 15 SOURCE COUNTRIES FOR FTAs IN INDIA DURING 2008 & 2009
Rank in 2008	Country	FTAs in India in 2008	% Share in 2008	Rank in 2009	Country	FTAs in India in 2009	% Share in 2009
1	United States	804933	15.2	1	United States	803021	15.7
2	United Kingdom	776530	14.7	2	United Kingdom	748765	14.7
3	Bangladesh	541884	10.3	3	Bangladesh	458063	9.0
4	Canada	222364	4.2	4	Sri Lanka	240836	4.7
5	Sri Lanka	218805	4.1	5	Canada	221448	4.3
6	France	207802	3.9	6	France	195307	3.8
7	Germany	204344	3.9	7	Germany	193557	3.8
8	Australia	146209	2.8	8	Australia	148846	2.9
9	Japan	145352	2.8	9	Malaysia	134340	2.6
10	Malaysia	115794	2.2	10	Japan	124219	2.4
11	China	98093	1.9	11	Russian Fed.	97705	1.9
12	Singapore	97851	1.9	12	China	96997	1.9
13	Russian Fed.	91095	1.7	13	Singapore	94754	1.9
14	Italy	85766	1.6	14	Nepal	87487	1.7
15	Republic of Korea	79802	1.5	15	Italy	77995	1.5
Total of top 15 Countries		3836624	72.6	Total of top 15 Countries		3723340	72.9
Others		1445979	27.4	Others		1385239	27.1
Grand Total		5282603	100.0	Grand Total		5108579	100.0

State-Wise Number of Foreign Tourist Visits in India (2007 and 2008)
States/Uts	Number of Foreign Tourist Visits
States/Uts	2007	2008
Andhra Pradesh	769724	789180
Arunachal Pradesh	2212	3020
Assam	12899	14426
Andaman & Nicobar Islands	10975	12512
Bihar	177362	345572
Chandigarh	26567	34762
Chhattisgarh	1235	1314
Dadra & Nager Haveli	5625	5719
Daman & Diu	5315	5266
Delhi **	2018848	2339287
Goa	388457	351123
Gujarat	104158	110702
Haryana	64711	87172
Himachal Pradesh	339409	37636
Jammu & Kashmir	52754	54697
Jharkhand	4004	5803
Karnataka	534563	174040
Kerala	515808	598929
Lakshadweep	2933	1699
Madhya Pradesh	234204	251733
Maharashtra *	1933189	2056913
Manipur	396	354
Meghalaya	5267	4919
Mizoram	669	902
Nagaland	936	1209
Orissa	41880	43966
Punjab	5470	6869
Puducherry	57682	60309
Rajasthan	1401042	1477649
Sikkim	17498	19154
Tamil Nadu	1753103	2029410
Tripura	3181	3577
Uttar Pradesh	1524451	1610089
Uttarakhand	95976	99910
West Bengal	1154770	1133671
India	13267273	14112590
Note : * : Estimated using all india growth. ** : Estimated using tourist visits figures of Sample hotels furnished by state Govt. Source : Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India. (11229)

Traffic Estimates for Selected Destinations/Circuits in India

Destination/Circuit

Projected Tourist Traffic (in nos)

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

Agra-Fatehpur Sikri-Mathura-Vrindavan

70635

74587

79063

85388

92219

101441

Ajmer

70304

73116

76041

79082

82246

87180

Badami-Halebid-Aihole

50785

51800

52836

54950

57148

60005

Bodhgaya-Nalanda-Rajgir

62201

64689

67277

70640

74172

79364

Delhi

1050070

1102573

1157702

1296626

1452221

1655532

Dwarka

40004

40805

41621

42869

44155

46363

Churches of Goa

64635

65928

68565

71993

75593

79372

Hampi

45451

45905

46823

47760

48715

49689

Charminar Area of Hyderabad

26894

27701

28532

29388

30269

31783

Jagdalpur-Tirathgarh-Chitrakote-Barsoo

10752

10859

10968

11297

11636

11985

Jagannath Puri –Bhubaneshwar-Konark-Chilika

36205

37291

38410

40331

42751

45743

Mahabalipuram

30603

30909

31218

31842

32479

33129

Rishikesh-Haridwar

44100

46305

49083

52028

55150

58459

Varanasi-Sarnath

72903

75819

78852

82795

86935

91281

Elephanta Caves

86779

88515

91170

93905

96723

99624

Source: ACNielsen ORG-MARG report on : “Action plan to increase flow of foreign tourists visiting India from 3 mn to 15mn in 5 years time, 20 mn in 8 years time and 25 mn in 10 years time”, December 2007

Share of India in International Tourist Arrivals in World, and Asia & the Pacific Region, 1996-2008
Year	International Tourist Arrivals (in million)		FTAs in India (in million)	Percentage share and rank of India in World		Percentage share and rank of India in Asia and the Pacific
Year	World	Asia and the Pacific	FTAs in India (in million)	% Share	Rank	% Share	Rank
1996	569.2	89.5	2.29	0.40	-	2.56	-
1997	593.0	89.0	2.37	0.40	-	2.67	-
1998	611.0	88.3	2.36	0.39	47th	2.67	-
1999	633.8	97.6	2.48	0.39	46th	2.54	-
2000	683.3	109.3	2.65	0.39	50th	2.42	11th
2001	683.4	114.5	2.54	0.37	51st	2.22	12th
2002	703.2	123.4	2.38	0.34	54th	1.93	12th
2003	691.0	111.9	2.73	0.39	51st	2.44	11th
2004	762.0	143.4	3.46	0.45	44th	2.41	11th
2005	803.4	154.6	3.92	0.49	43rd	2.53	11th
2006	847.0	166.8	4.45	0.53	44th	2.67	11th
2007	904.0	181.9	5.08	0.56	42nd	2.79	11th
2008(P)	922.0	184.1	5.37	0.58	41st	2.92	11th
P: Provisional, - Not Available Source:- (i) UNWTO Tourism Market Trends 2007 Edition, for the years upto 2005 (ii) UNWTO Barometer October 2008 for 2006 and June 2009 for 2007 & 2008

Share of India in International Tourism Receipts in World, and Asia & the Pacific Region,1996-2008
Year	International Tourism Receipt (in US $ billion)		FEE in India (in US $ million)	Percentage share and rank of India in World		Percentage share and rank of India in Asia and the Pacific
Year	World	Asia and the Pacific	FEE in India (in US $ million)	% Share	Rank	% Share	Rank
1996	438.7	85.0	2832	0.65	-	3.33	-
1997	442.8	82.6	2889	0.65	-	3.50	-
1998	444.8	72.3	2948	0.66	34th	4.08	-
1999	458.2	79.1	3009	0.66	35th	3.80	-
2000	475.3	85.3	3460	0.73	36th	4.06	10th
2001	463.8	88.1	3198	0.69	36th	3.63	12th
2002	481.9	96.5	3103	0.64	37th	3.22	13th
2003	529.3	93.7	4463	0.84	37th	4.76	9th
2004	633.2	124.1	6170	0.97	26th	4.97	8th
2005	679.6	135.0	7493	1.10	22nd	5.55	7th
2006	744.0	156.9	8634	1.16	22nd	5.50	7th
2007	857.0	187.0	10729	1.25	20th	5.74	6th
2008(P)	944.0	207.6	11747	1.24	23rd	5.66	6th
P : Provisional, - Not Available Source:- (i) UNWTO Tourism Market Trends 2007 Edition , for the years upto 2005 (ii) UNWTO Barometer June 2009 for 2006, 2007 and 2008

Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs)

Highlights of the country-wise Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India during 2008. A total of 5.37 million Foreign Tourist Arrivals were estimated for 2008.

As far as the different regions of the world are concerned, maximum growth in 2008 over 2007 was observed for West Asia (20.9%) followed by Eastern Europe (18.5%), Central and South America (12.7%) and South East Asia (10.5%). The growth rate in 2008 was lower than the all-India growth rate of 5.6% in the FTAs from North America (4.4%), East Asia (3.6%), Western Europe (2.9%) and Africa (2.7%).

The top ten countries for FTAs in India during 2008 were USA (827866), UK (787197), Bangladesh (540092), Sri Lanka (228548), Canada (223587), France (217816), Germany (209252), Japan (150732), Australia (148055) and Malaysia (119040). FTAs from these ten countries constituted about 64.34% of total FTAs in India during 2008.

The maximum growth rate in FTAs was observed for Oman (54.9%), followed by Myanmar (54.0%), UAE (44.0%), Afghanistan (43.4%), Nigeria (29.8%), Denmark (24.1%) and Brazil (21.8%). The share of these countries in total FTAs, however, is quite low.

Some of the countries in respect of which a decline in 2008 over 2007 in FTAs was observed are Pakistan (-25.1%), Finland and Kenya (-10.1%), Mauritius (-8.5%) and South Africa (-6.2%).

FTAs from UK, which is the second most important source market for India, also observed a decline of 1.1% in 2008 over 2007, whereas the number one source market, USA, observed an increase of 3.6%.

The growth rate observed for some of the other important source markets for FTAs in India in 2008 over 2007 are Germany (13.6%), China (12.1%), Australia (8.9%), Singapore (8.0%), Canada (7.4%), France (6.3%), Malaysia (5.6%), Japan (3.6%), South Korea (-2.7%) and Italy (-4.6%). Thus, the growth in FTAs from most of the top source markets of the country has been higher than the average growth of FTAs (5.6%) in 2008 over 2007.

Source: Government of India

Share of Top 10 States/ UTs of India in Number of ForeignTourist Visits in 2007

Rank	State/UT	Foreign Tourist Visits*
Rank	State/UT	Number	Percentage Share (%)
1	Delhi	2018848	15.3
2	Maharashtra	1919491	14.6
3	Tamil Nadu	1703103	12.9
4	Uttar Pradesh	1493157	11.3
5	Rajasthan	1401042	10.6
6	West Bengal	1154770	8.8
7	Andhra Pradesh	769724	5.9
8	Karnataka	534563	4.1
9	Kerala	515808	3.9
10	Goa	388457	3.0
Total of top 10 Others Total		11898963 1269216 13168179	90.4 9.6 100.0
* Provisional
Note: Figures for Maharashtra has been estimated
Source: State/ UT Tourism Department

Number of Outbound Visits of Indian
Nationals,1996-2007

Year	No: of Outbound visits (in Million)	Percentage(%) change over the previous year
1996	3.46	13.3
1997	3.73	7.6
1998	3.81	2.3
1999	4.11	8.0
2000	4.42	7.3
2001	4.56	3.4
2002	4.94	8.2
2003	5.35	8.3
2004	6.21	16.1
2005	7.18	15.6
2006	8.34	16.1
2007	9.78	17.3
Source: Bureau of immigration, Govt. of India

Share of India in International Tourist Arrivals in World, and Asia & the Pacific Region, 1996-2007
Year	International Tourist Arrivals (in Million)		FTAs in India (in Million)	Percentage (%) share of FTAs in India in
Year	World	Asia and the Pacific	FTAs in India (in Million)	World	Asia and the Pacific
1996	572.4	90.4	2.29	0.40	2.53
1997	596.0	89.7	2.37	0.40	2.65
1998	614.3	89.4	2.36	0.38	2.64
1999	637.4	98.8	2.48	0.39	2.51
2000	684.7	110.6	2.65	0.39	2.40
2001	684.4	115.8	2.54	0.37	2.19
2002	704.7	124.9	2.38	0.34	1.91
2003	692.2	113.2	2.73	0.39	2.41
2004	761.4	144.1	3.46	0.45	2.40
2005	803.0	155.3	3.92	0.49	2.52
2006	847.0	167.0	4.45	0.53	2.66
2007*	903.0	184.3	5.08	0.56	2.76
*Provisional
Source: (i) UNWTO Tourism Market Trends 2006 Edition, for the years up to 2004 (ii) UNWTO Barometer October 2007 and June 2008 for 2005, 2006 and 2007

Share of India in International Tourism Receipts in World, and Asia & the Pacific Region, 1996-2007

Year

International Tourism Receipt
(in US$ Billion)

FEE in India
(in US$ Million)

Percentage (%) share of FTAs in
India in

World

Asia and the Pacific

World

Asia and the Pacific

1996

438.3

84.8

2832

0.65

3.34

1997

441.8

82.2

2889

0.65

3.51

1998

444.1

72.1

2948

0.66

4.09

1999

457.3

79.0

3009

0.66

3.81

2000

474.1

85.2

3460

0.73

4.06

2001

462.2

88.0

3198

0.69

3.63

2002

480.1

96.3

3103

0.65

3.22

2003

527.2

93.5

4463

0.85

4.77

2004

629.0

123.9

6170

0.98

4.98

2005

680.0

134.6

7493

1.10

5.57

2006

742.0

156.5

8634

1.16

5.52

2007*

856.0

188.9

10729

1.25

5.68

*Provisional

Source: (i) UNWTO Tourism Market Trends 2006 Edition, for the years up to 2004
(ii) UNWTO Barometer October 2007 and June 2008 for 2005, 2006 and 2007

FOREIGN TOURIST ARRIVALS IN INDIA ACCORDING
TO MODE OF TRAVEL, 1996-2006

FOREIGN TOURIST ARRIVALS IN INDIA THROUGH
MAJOR PORTS, 1996-2006

Year	Arrivals	% Distribution by mode of travel
Year	Arrivals	Air	Sea	Land
1996	1923695	98.5	0.1	1.4
1997	1973647	98.5	0.0	1.5
1998	1974815	98.5	0.0	1.5
1999	2025031	98.4	0.0	1.6
2000	2152926	98.5	0.0	1.5
2001	2537282	87.1	0.9	12.0
2002	2384364	81.9	0.6	17.5
2003	2726214	83.1	0.5	16.4
2004	3457477	85.6	0.5	13.9
2005	3918610	86.5	0.4	13.1
2006	4447167	87.1	0.6	12.3
Source: Bureau of Immigration

Year	Arrivals	% of Arrivals in
Year	Arrivals	Mumbai Airport	Kolkata Airport	Chennai Airport	Delhi Airport	Others
1996	1923695	29.3	2.9	11.3	35.1	21.4
1997	1973647	33.6	3.4	13.1	39.7	10.2
1998	1974815	33.4	3.4	12.7	39.9	10.6
1999	2025031	33.5	3.4	13.6	38.6	10.9
2000	2152926	34.0	3.5	13.8	38.2	10.5
2001	2537282	26.7	4.4	12.0	33.7	23.2
2002	2384364	25.4	3.9	11.5	28.6	30.6
2003	2726214	24.1	3.7	10.5	30.8	30.9
2004	3457477	25.1	3.3	10.3	32.2	29.1
2005	3918610	24.4	3.0	9.9	31.8	30.9
2006	4447167	23.3	2.8	9.8	32.0	32.1
Source:- Bureau of Immigration

Nationality-wise Quarterly Foreign Tourists Arrivals in India - 2006
Country of Nationality	Arrivals (In Numbers)	Quarter-wise Share (%)
Country of Nationality	Arrivals (In Numbers)	1st Quarter (Jan-Mar)	2nd Quarter (Apr-June)	3rd Quarter (July-Sep)	4th Quarter (Oct-Dec)
North America
Canada	176567	31.0	14.7	16.9	37.4
USA	696739	26.9	22.1	20.2	30.8
Total	873306	27.8	20.6	19.5	32.1
Central & South America
Argentina	4493	40.3	13.9	19.6	26.2
Brazil	9148	29.6	18.9	18.4	33.1
Mexico	6502	26.0	20.2	26.2	27.6
Others	18602	27.1	15.9	23.7	33.3
Total	38745	33.2	19.6	20.2	27.0
Western Europe
Austria	28045	34.1	19.2	19.5	27.2
Belgium	29156	24.7	17.0	24.6	33.7
Denmark	21592	33.0	18.6	17.7	30.7
Finland	22860	24.7	14.7	15.2	45.4
France	175345	29.8	18.3	23.5	28.4
Germany	156808	29.0	17.8	20.7	32.5
Greece	5146	26.2	15.7	21.5	36.6
Ireland	14936	23.9	17.9	22.8	35.4
Italy	79978	27.1	17.6	25.2	30.1
Netherlands	58611	27.7	16.9	25.0	30.4
Norway	14216	29.0	18.8	18.0	34.2
Portugal	13108	27.7	18.9	21.4	32.0
Spain	53520	17.8	15.0	40.4	26.8
Sweden	36013	28.6	17.2	14.9	39.3
Switzerland	37446	29.2	17.1	20.5	33.2
UK	734240	32.6	16.0	19.3	32.1
Others	6251	24.1	16.1	24.8	35.0
Total	1487271	28.4	16.9	23.9	30.8
Eastern Europe
Czechoslovakia	5760	26.8	14.3	22.7	38.2
Poland	14808	30.1	15.3	19.8	34.8
CIS	87433	38.6	14.1	11.5	35.8
Others	13308	33.1	15.4	19.1	32.4
Total	121309	31.7	16.5	18.6	33.2
Africa
Egypt	5528	25.3	27.0	21.9	25.8
Kenya	20313	25.6	19.4	21.1	33.9
Mauritius	20607	24.8	23.3	24.4	27.5
Nigeria	9348	31.6	23.8	21.5	23.1
South Africa	41954	31.3	17.4	17.6	33.7
Tanzania	11954	24.5	22.3	22.6	30.6
Others	33109	34.2	14.9	22.1	28.8
Total	142813	29.2	20.4	20.8	29.6
West Asia
Bahrain	4793	26.6	24.4	30.3	18.7
Israel	42735	26.2	19.6	26.2	28.1
Oman	17849	21.1	26.9	32.5	19.5
Saudi Arabia	14006	29.7	25.7	27.0	17.6
Turkey	10221	30.9	16.6	15.3	34.2
UAE	27593	18.9	25.9	45.1	10.1
Yemen Arab Rep	9573	24.4	25.5	29.6	20.5
Others	19923	308	23.4	23.3	22.5
Total	146693	24.9	23.3	30.1	21.7
South Asia
Afghanistan	18799	31.7	20.6	21.5	26.2
Bangladesh	484401	25.8	22.8	25.1	26.3
Bhutan	8502	31.3	21.6	26.5	20.6
Iran	29771	37.3	15.7	22.8	24.2
Maldives	3765	22.4	24.6	23.2	29.8
Nepal	91552	25.7	22.4	27.5	24.4
Pakistan	83426	22.5	21.4	22.5	33.6
Sri Lanka	154813	24.4	20.2	28.9	26.5
Total	908916	25.6	22.0	25.5	26.9
South East Asia
Indonesia	16990	23.8	22.1	23.6	30.5
Malaysia	107286	25.7	19.9	20.0	34.5
Myanmar	7734	29.6	12.8	15.5	42.1
Philippines	15644	26.6	24.8	21.7	26.9
Singapore	82574	24.6	22.9	19.7	32.8
Thailand	46623	30.6	19.1	17.3	33.0
Others	4875	34.2	14.9	22.1	28.8
Total	281726	26.3	20.7	19.7	33.3
East Asia
China (Main)	62330	26.9	20.2	20.5	32.4
China (Taiwan)	26503	28.0	20.9	23.4	27.7
Japan	119292	29.4	19.5	23.8	27.3
Korea (South)	70407	32.1	15.3	23.9	28.7
Others	4453	31.0	20.4	19.9	28.7
Total	282985	29.6	18.7	23.0	28.7
Australasia
Australia	109867	24.2	16.8	20.1	38.9
New Zealand	23493	23.7	16.1	18.7	41.5
Others	4076	24.1	16.3	20.1	38.2
Total	137436	31.6	15.7	14.5	38.2
Others	25320	32.9	17.3	17.6	32.2
Stateless	647	23.9	14.0	23.1	39.0
Grand Total	4447167	28.5	19.2	20.9	31.4
Source: Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Government of India.

FOREIGN TOURIST ARRIVALS IN INDIA ACCORDING TO AGE- GROUP, 1996 TO 2006
Year	Arrivals	% Distribution by Age- Group (in years)*
Year	Arrivals	0-14	15-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65 and above
1996	1923695	12.6	9.1	21.7	26.8	18.3	8.8	2.7
1997	1973647	9.9	10.1	23.4	26.9	18.9	8.2	2.0
1998	1974815	5.0	16.8	23.8	26.0	18.2	8.3	1.9
1999	2025031	3.1	14.0	23.4	27.5	20.8	9.2	2.0
2000	2152926	3.9	11.4	22.6	27.0	23.1	9.9	2.1
2001	2537282	7.0	10.8	20.1	21.1	19.4	11.9	6.7
2002	2384364	9.2	10.0	19.4	21.6	19.4	11.5	7.7
2003	2726214	7.2	10.0	19.5	21.6	19.4	11.5	7.7
2004	3457477	8.5	9.8	18.8	21.3	19.4	12.8	8.2
2005	3918610	8.6	9.6	18.8	21.3	19.5	13.0	8.7
2006	4447167	9.6	8.7	18.3	21.4	19.6	13.5	7.0
Source: Bureau of Immigration

TOP 15 SOURCE COUNTRIES FOR FOREIGN TOURIST ARRIVALS IN INDIA DURING 2005 & 2006

Rank	2005			2006
Rank	Country	Tourist Arrivals	% Share	Country	Tourist Arrivals	% Share
1	UK	651083	16.6	UK	734240	16.5
2	USA	611165	15.6	USA	696739	15.7
3	Canada	157643	4.0	Canada	176567	4.0
4	France	152258	3.9	France	175345	3.9
5	Sri Lanka	136400	3.5	Germany	156808	3.5
6	Germany	120243	3.1	Sri Lanka	154813	3.5
7	Japan	103082	2.6	Japan	119292	2.7
8	Malaysia	96276	2.5	Australia	109867	2.5
9	Australia	96258	2.5	Malaysia	107286	2.4
10	Nepal	77024	2.0	Nepal	91552	2.1
11	Singapore	68666	1.8	Singapore	82574	1.9
12	Italy	67642	1.7	Italy	79978	1.8
13	Netherlands	52755	1.3	Korea (S)	70407	1.6
14	Korea (S)	49895	1.3	China (M)	62330	1.4
15	Spain	45247	1.2	Netherlands	58611	1.3
Total of top 15 Countries		2896761	63.4		2876409	64.7
All Countries		3918610	100.0		4447167	100.0
Source:- Bureau of Immigration

FOREIGN TOURIST ARRIVALS IN INDIA DURING 1981 TO 2006 FROM TOP 15 SOURCE COUNTRIES OF 2006

Year	U.K.	U.S.A	Canada	France	Germany	Sri Lanka	Japan
Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1981	116684	82052	25358	57272	55471	75842	29032
1982	120772	86806	25991	59267	50885	76143	29103
1983	136823	95847	29857	50158	52120	81716	26662
1984	124205	95651	25135	47148	48930	75449	29566
1985	119544	95920	29022	44091	45738	69063	30573
1986	160685	125364	39837	65948	64811	75631	36402
1987	166590	134876	37677	64432	72300	74351	46240
1988	200509	122888	37498	69799	77543	70640	49244
1989	229496	134314	40306	78001	78812	67680	58707
1990	235151	125303	41046	79496	71374	68400	59122
1991	212052	117332	36142	69346	72019	70088	46655
1992	244263	152288	43386	74304	84422	71935	60137
1993	274168	158159	47800	70694	83340	76898	49616
1994	300696	176482	56441	73088	85352	89009	63398
1995	334827	203343	63821	82349	89040	114157	76042
1996	360686	228829	74031	93325	99853	107351	99018
1997	370567	244239	78570	91423	105979	122080	99729
1998	376513	244687	80111	97898	93993	118292	89565
1999	345085	251926	82892	85891	85033	120072	73373
2000	432644	348292	84013	100022	83881	129193	98159
2001	405472	329147	88600	102434	80011	112813	80634
2002	387846	348182	93598	78194	64891	108008	59709
2003	430917	410803	107671	97654	76868	109098	77996
2004	555907	526120	135884	131824	116679	128711	96851
2005	651803	611165	157643	152258	120243	136400	103082
2006	734240	696739	176567	175345	156808	154813	119292
Compound annual growth rate(%) 1981-2006	7.6	8.9	8.1	4.6	4.2	2.9	5.8

Year	Australia	Malaysia	Nepal	Singapore	Italy	Korea (South)	China (Main)	Netherlands
Year	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
1981	20940	26458	11851	17950	28503	2665	1371	10780
1982	23395	26552	12115	19026	29791	4110	2107	10724
1983	23436	25796	12001	21252	27947	3139	1716	11358
1984	24546	22993	13401	19204	23570	3078	1386	12101
1985	22047	23265	15883	18485	23187	3939	2247	13158
1986	33264	26209	13957	24189	38548	1767	1533	15297
1987	32883	28480	16965	26380	41151	2990	1705	18819
1988	31462	29635	19715	27565	47612	3572	2099	21327
1989	30443	33120	19116	29377	50751	3895	2727	22716
1990	30076	34278	20614	32570	49194	3986	3089	24353
1991	22700	30617	21834	28363	41129	3967	3476	19845
1992	26646	35201	25244	35039	51138	5171	4778	30145
1993	28795	35334	28048	40223	40315	4791	5157	30856
1994	33142	40762	34732	44157	43510	7227	5833	35094
1995	36150	50039	34562	48632	53015	9831	5111	40147
1996	48755	53370	43426	47136	49910	16173	5613	40147
1997	50647	60401	43155	52004	53854	15392	7369	44843
1998	57807	47496	38199	54328	54058	16321	4312	54227
1999	73041	52613	25859	53310	50677	19188	6487	48820
2000	53995	60513	38801	46612	50419	23411	14420	46370
2001	52691	57869	41135	42824	41351	27150	13901	42368
2002	50743	63748	37136	44306	37136	29374	15422	31669
2003	58730	70750	42771	48368	46908	35584	21152	40565
2004	81608	84390	51534	60710	65561	47835	34100	51211
2005	96258	96276	77024	68666	67642	49895	44897	52755
2006	109867	107286	91552	82574	79978	70407	62330	58611
Compound annual growth rate(%) 1981-2006	6.9	5.8	8.5	6.3	4.2	14.0	16.5	7.0

Source: Bureau of Immigration

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