The number of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in October, 2017 was 8.76 lakh as compared to FTAs of 7.42 lakh in October, 2016 and 6.83 lakh in October, 2015. The growth rate in FTAs in October, 2017 over October, 2016 has increased to 18.1 per cent, compared to 8.6 per cent in October, 2016 over October, 2015. FTAs during the period January- October 2017 were 79.96 lakh with a growth of 15.8 per cent over same period of the previous year, compared to FTAs of 69.05 lakh with a growth of 9.6 per cent in January- October, 2016 over January- October, 2015.
The percentage share of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India during October, 2017 among the top 15 source countries was highest from Bangladesh (21.66 per cent) followed by USA (11.57 per cent), UK (10.23 per cent), Sri Lanka (3.79 per cent), Canada (3.36 per cent), Germany (3.17 per cent), Australia (3.07 per cent), France (2.81 per cent), Russian Fed. (2.81 per cent), Malaysia (2.76 per cent), Japan (2.44 per cent), Thailand (2.10 per cent), China (1.93 per cent), Nepal (1.66 per cent) and Rep. of Korea (1.48 per cent).
The percentage share of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India during October 2017 among the top 15 ports was highest at Delhi Airport (32.56 per cent) followed by Mumbai Airport (14.02 per cent), Haridaspur Land Check Post (11.29 per cent), Chennai Airport (6.10 per cent), Bengaluru Airport (5.19 per cent), Kolkata Airport (4.55 per cent), Gede Rail Land Check Post (3.02 per cent), Cochin Airport (2.70 per cent), Dabolim (Goa) Airport, (2.58 per cent), Hyderabad Airport (2.53 per cent), Sonauli Land Check Post (1.86 per cent), Ahmadabad Airport (1.77 per cent), Ghojadanga Land Check Post (1.64 per cent Amritsar Airport (1.53 per cent) and Trivandrum Airport (1.20 per cent).
