The Foreign Exchange Earnings (FEEs) through tourism in India (in Rs.) grew by 10.2 per cent at Rs. 15,713 crore in April 2018 as compared to Rs. 14,260 crore in April 2017.
However, FEEs during the period January- April 2018 were Rs. 68,629 crore with a growth of 14.2 per cent as compared to the FEE of Rs. 60,079 crore in January-April 2017.
In US$ terms, FEEs during the month of April 2018 were US$ 2.393 billion as compared to FEEs of US$ 2.211 billion during the month of April 2017. The growth rate in FEEs in US$ terms in April 2018 over April 2017 was 8.2 per cent. FEEs during January-April 2018 were US$ 10.621 billion with a growth of 17.4 per cent as compared to the FEE of US$ 9.044 billion in January- April 2017 with a growth of 17.5 per cent over January- April 2016.