A high and positive growth of 12.5% was registered in Foreign Tourist Visits (FTVs) to Northern Eastern States of India during 2012 over 2011, which further rose by more than 100% to register a growth of 27.9% during 2013 over 2012.
Among the North Eastern States, highest growth in FTVs during 2013 over 2012 was observed in Manipur (154.7%) followed by Arunachal Pradesh (111.2%), Tripura (51.2%), Nagaland (32.7%), Meghalaya (27.5%), Sikkim (19.7%) , Mizoram ( 7.5%) and Assam (0.5%).
Number of Foreign Tourist Visits (FTVs) to NE States*S. No. State/ UT 2011 2012 2013 Growth Rate12/11 Growth Rate13/12FTVs FTVs FTVs1 Arunachal Pradesh 4753 5135 10846 8 111.22 Assam 16400 17543 17638 7 0.53 Manipur 578 749 1908 29.6 154.74 Meghalaya 4803 5313 6773 10.6 27.55 Mizoram 658 744 800 13.1 7.56 Nagaland 2080 2489 3304 19.7 32.77 Sikkim 23602 26489 31698 12.2 19.78 Tripura 6046 7840 11853 29.7 51.2 Total of NE States 58920 66302 84820 12.5 27.9*Source: State/ Union Territory Tourism Departments.Powered by Capital Market - Live News
