FTAs up 5.2% in 2018
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According to the Ministry of Tourism, the Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) during the period January -December 2018 were 10.55 million as compared to 10.03 million in January-December 2017 registering a growth of 5.2 per cent. FTAs in December 2018 were 1.19 million as compared to 1.16 million in December 2017 registering a growth of 2 per cent.
During January -December 2018, a total of 23,69,941 tourist arrived on e-Tourist Visa as compared to 16,97,175 during January-December 2017, registering a growth of 39.6 per cent.
The percentage share of Foreign Tourist Arrivals in India during December 2018 among the top 15 source countries was highest from USA (17.83%) followed by Bangladesh (16.64%), UK (10.70%), Australia (5.72%),Canada (3.89%), Russian Fed (3.15%), China(2.78%), Malaysia (2.73%), Germany (2.16%), Sri Lanka (2.04%), Singapore (2.00%), Thailand (1.90%), France (1.83%),Japan (1.75%) and Italy (1.50%).