Foreign Tourist Arrivals surge by 2.7%

Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) during the Month of April 2015 were 5.40 lakh as compared to FTAs of 5.37 lakh during the month of April 2014 and 4.51 lakh in April 2013. There has been a growth of 0.5 per cent in April 2015 over April 2014. FTAs during the period January- April 2015 were 28.21 lakh with a growth of 2.7 per cent, as compared to the FTAs of 27.47 lakh in January- April 2014.  The Percentage share of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India during April 2015 among the top 15 source countries was highest from Bangladesh (15.66 per cent), followed by USA (12.55 per cent), UK (10.32 per cent) Sri Lanka (3.99 per cent), Malaysia (3.27 per cent), Australia (3.14 per cent), France (2.95 per cent), Germany (2.95 per cent), Japan (2.91 per cent), China (2.88 per cent), Canada (2.72 per cent), Singapore (1.89 per cent) Pakistan (1.83 per cent), Nepal (1.82 per cent) and Russian Fed. (1.75 per cent). These top 15 countries account for 70.63 per cent of total FTAs during April 2015.
Source: http://goo.gl/3lQ7FR