Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) during the Month of March 2015 were 7.30 lakhs as compared to FTAs of 6.93 lakhs during the month of March 2014 and 6.40 lakhs in March 2013. There has been a growth of 5.3 per cent in March 2015 over March 2014.
FTAs during the period January- March 2015 were 22.81 lakhs with a growth of 3.2 per cent, as compared to the FTAs of 22.10 lakhs with a growth of 7.9 per cent in January- March 2014 over January- March 2013.
FEEs during the month of March 2015 were Rs.10,451 crores as compared to Rs.10,152 crores in March 2014 and Rs. 9,545 crores in March 2013. The growth rate in FEEs in rupee terms during March 2015 over March 2014 was 2.9 per cent. FEEs from tourism in rupee terms in January- March 2015 were Rs. 33,036 crores with a growth of 1.7 per cent as compared to the FEE of Rs. 32,473 crores during January- March 2014.
During the month of March 2015, a total of 25,851 tourist arrived by ETA enabled TVoA as compared to 1,958 TVoA during the month of March 2014, registering a growth of 1220.3 per cent. During January- March 2015, a total of 75,859 tourist arrived by ETA enabled TVoA as compared to 5,841 TVoA during January- March 2014, registering a growth of 1198.7 per cent.
The percentage share of the top 10 source countries for ETA enabled TVoA in India during March 2015 were: USA (33.25 per cent), Germany (14.64 per cent), Russian Federation (13.13 per cent), Australia (8.37 per cent), Republic of Korea (6.39 per cent), Ukraine (4.21 per cent), Mexico (2.93 per cent), Japan (1.99 per cent), New Zealand (1.91 per cent) and Israel (1.68 per cent).
