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India’s tourist arrivals up 10%

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NEW DELHI, 24 May 2018: India reports foreign tourist arrivals for January to April reached more than 3.8 million, up by more than 10%

In its assessments for the first four months of the year the country’s Ministry of Tourism reported arrivals reached 3,876,021, compared with 3,498,967 during the same four months of 2017, up 10.8%.

During April foreign tourist arrivals performed well.

Tourist arrivals reached 749,477, up 4.4% when compared with 717,899 in April 2017.

The 15 top source countries by market share were: Bangladesh (24.32%); USA (11.21%); UK (9.14%); Sri Lanka (3.48%); Australia (3.33%); Malaysia (3.06%); China (2.62%); Canada (2.53%); Germany (2.48%); France (2.33%); Japan (2.22%); Russian Federation (2.07%); Thailand (1.70%); Afghanistan (1.65%) and  Nepal (1.64%).

The top 15 ports of entry by market share were: Delhi Airport (28.75%); Mumbai Airport (14.46%); Haridaspur Land Check Post (11.40%); Chennai Airport (7.44%); Bengaluru Airport (5.81%); Kolkata Airport (5.58%); Cochin Airport (4.21%); Hyderabad Airport (2.64%); Gede Rail Land Check Post (2.63%); Goa Airport (2.30%); Ghojadanga Land Check Post (1.63%); Ahmedabad Airport (1.28%); Trivandrum Airport (1.21%); Amritsar Airport (1.06%) and Chitpur Railway Station (0.99%).

India e-Tourist Visa continues to be a success story boosting arrivals over the four months.

During April, 157,094 tourists arrived on e-Tourist Visas compared with 114,469 during April, 2017, registering a growth of 37.2%.

During January-April, 918,792 e-Tourist Visas were issued compared with 581,783 during January-April 2017, registering a growth of 57.9%.

During April, the top 15 source countries for e-Tourist Visa issue by market share were: UK (16.3%); USA (11.0%); China (5.8%); Australia (5.5%); France (5.3%); Thailand (4.3%); Germany (4.0%); Canada (3.5%); Oman (3.2%); Russian Fed (3.0%); Malaysia (2.2%); Italy (2.1%); South Africa (1.8%); Spain (1.8%) and Republic of Korea (1.7%).

The top 15 ports of entry for the e-Tourist Visa during April were: New Delhi Airport (46.2%); Mumbai Airport (17.4%); Bengaluru Airport (6.8%); Chennai Airport (6.1%); Dabolim (Goa) Airport (4.5%); Kochi Seaport (4.4%); Kochi Airport (3.4%); Hyderabad Airport (2.5%); Kolkata Airport (2.4%); Amritsar Airport (1.3%); Trivandrum Airport (1.1%); Jaipur Airport (1.0%); Ahmedabad Airport (1.0%); Tirchy Airport (0.5%) and Calicut Airport (0.4%).

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