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Foreign Tourist Arrivals on e-Tourist Visa grew 62.0% in February

March 21, 2018, 11:32 am By By :  comments

During the month of February, 2018, a total of 2.76 lakh foreign tourists arrived on e-Tourist Visa as compared to 1.70 lakh during the month of February, 2017 registering a growth of 62.0 per cent. During January- February 2018, a total of 5.16 lakh tourist arrived on e-Tourist Visa as compared to 3.22 lakh during January-February 2017, registering a growth of 60.3 per cent.

The percentage share of top 15 source countries availing e- Tourist Visa facilities during February, 2018 was as follows: UK (20.1 per cent), USA (10.3 per cent), France (7.0 per cent), Canada (5.5 per cent), Russian Fed (5.4 per cent), China (5.1 per cent), Germany (4.8 per cent), Australia (3.4 per cent), Thailand (2.7 per cent), Italy (2.6 per cent), Oman (1.8 per cent), Korea (Rep.of) (1.7 per cent), Netherlands (1.5 per cent), Malaysia (1.4 per cent), and Spain (1.4 per cent).

The percentage share of top 15 ports in foreign tourist arrivals on e-Tourist Visa during February, 2018 was as follows:- New Delhi Airport (43.6 per cent), Mumbai Airport (18.6 per cent), Dabolim (Goa) Airport (9.6 per cent), Chennai Airport (9.5 per cent), Bengaluru Airport (5.6 per cent), Kochi Airport (3.6 per cent), Kolkata Airport (3.1 per cent), Hyderabad Airport (1.8 per cent), Trivandrum Airport (1.6 per cent), Amritsar Airport (1.4 per cent), Ahmadabad Airport (1.3 per cent), Jaipur Airport (0.9 per cent), Gaya Airport (0.8 per cent),Tirchy Airport (0.5 per cent) and Calicut Airport (0.3 per cent).

The number of FTAs in February, 2018 was 10.53 lakh as compared to FTAs of 9.56 lakh in February, 2017 and 8.49 lakh in February, 2016. The growth rate in FTAs in February, 2018 over February, 2017 was 10.1 per cent, compared to 12.7 per cent in February, 2017 over February, 2016. FTAs during the period January- February 2018 were 21.19 lakh with a growth of 9.2 per cent, as compared to the FTAs of 19.40 lakh with a growth of 14.6 per cent in January- February 2017 over January- February 2016.

The percentage share of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India during February 2018 among the top 15 source countries was highest from Bangladesh (18.28 per cent) followed by USA (12.40 per cent), UK (11.75 per cent), Canada (4.36 per cent), Russian Federation (4.20 per cent), France (3.24 per cent), Malaysia (3.14 per cent), Germany (3.04 per cent), Sri Lanka (2.89 per cent), Australia (2.65 per cent), China (2.33 per cent), Japan (2.09 per cent), Thailand (1.92 per cent), Afghanistan (1.65 per cent) and Nepal (1.41 per cent).

The percentage share of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India during February 2018 among the top 15 ports was highest at Delhi Airport (30.95 per cent) followed by Mumbai Airport (15.85 per cent), Haridaspur Land Check Post (8.58 per cent), Chennai Airport (6.60 per cent), Goa Airport (5.32 per cent), Bengaluru Airport (4.93 per cent), Kolkata Airport (4.75 per cent), Cochin Airport (2.63 per cent), Gede Rail Land Check Post (2.58 per cent), Hyderabad Airport (2.39 per cent),Ahmedabad Airport (2.05 per cent), Amritsar Airport (1.46 per cent), Sonauli Airport (1.28 per cent), Ghojadanga Land Check Post (1.27 per cent) and Trivandrum Airport (1.23 per cent).

 

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