13.6% growth in foreign tourist arrivals in Dec 2016

Foreign tourist arrivals in India surged by 13.6 per cent to 10.37 lakh in December on year-on-year basis earning foreign exchange of over 16,800 crore rupees, officials said. 

According to an official statement today, the Foreign Tourist Arrivals was 9.13 lakh during the month of December 2015. United States accounted for the highest share of tourists



arrivals, followed by Bangladesh and the United Kingdom the last month.

The growth in overseas tourist arrivals in 2016 stood at 10.7% with a total of 88.90 lakh as compared to 80.27 lakh in 2015, it said. Foreign Exchange Earnings during 2016 were 1,55,650 crore rupees with a growth of 15.1 per cent as compared to 1,35,193 crore rupees in 2015.