Foreign tourist arrivals up 15 pc in Dec

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SME Times News Bureau | 15 Jan, 2018

India witnessed over 15 percent more foreign tourist arrivals in the month of December, shows tourism ministry data on Monday.

"The number of FTAs in December, 2017 was 11.76 lakh as compared to FTAs of 10.21 lakh in December, 2016 and 9.13 lakh in December, 2015," the tourism ministry revealed on PIB.

The growth rate in FTAs in December, 2017 over December, 2016 was 15.2 percent, compared to 11.9 percent in December, 2016 over December, 2015.

FTAs in the year 2017 were 101.77 lakh with a growth of 15.6 percent over 2016, compared to FTAs of 88.04 lakh with a growth of 9.7% is 2016 over 2015.

The highest number of tourist visiting India was from Bangladesh, followed by7 the US and the UK.

During the month, a total of 2.41 lakh foreign tourists arrived on e-Tourist Visa as compared to 1.62 lakh during the month of December, 2016 registering a growth of 48.3 percent.