Foreign Tourist Arrivals & Foreign Exchange Earnings in India : 2005-2007

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Government of India

Monday, April 09, 2007

Ministry of Tourism and Culture

FOREIGN TOURIST ARRIVALS & FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS IN INDIA DURING 2007 AND CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR 2005 & 2006

FOREIGN TOURIST ARRIVALS (Nos.)				PERCENTAGE CHANGE
Month	2005	2006*	2007*	2006/05	2007/06
January	385977	444260	514453	15.1	15.8
February	369844	407198	462578	10.1	13.6
March	352094	390824	443976	11.0	13.6
Total	1107915	1242282	1421007	12.1	14.4

FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS (IN RS.CRORES)				PERCENTAGE CHANGE
Month	2005	2006*	2007*	2006/05	2007/06
January	2326.20	2722.07	3299.51	17.0	21.2
February	2343.18	2635.98	3003.95	12.5	14.0
March	2210.62	2434.32	2798.96	10.1	15.0
Total	6880.00	7792.37	9102.42	13.3	16.8

FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS (IN US&MILLION)				PERCENTAGE CHANGE
Month	2005	2006*	2007*	2006/05	2007/06
January	532.19	632.43	744.58	18.8	17.7
February	536.07	594.64	680.41	10.9	14.4
March	505.74	547.17	636.05	8.2	16.2
Total	1574.00	1774.24	2061.04	12.7	16.2

* Provisional

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