Foreign Tourist Arrivals rise by 4.1% in 2013 y-o-y

Despite negative signals from the global economy, the number of foreign tourist arrivals (FTA) in the country in 2013 showed an increase of about 4.1% over 2012. During the period January- December 2013, 68.48 lakh (Provisional) tourists visited India against 65.78 lakh in 2012.

Foreign exchange earnings from tourism in rupee terms during 2013 were Rs.1,05,836 crore (Provisional) with a growth of 12.0% over the same period in 2012. The foreign exchange earnings during 2012 was to the tune of Rs.94,487 crore.

FEE from tourism in terms of US$ during January to December 2013 were US$ 18.133 billion with a growth of 2.2%, as compared to US$ 17.737 billion with a growth of 7.1% during January-December 2012 over the corresponding period of 2011.

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