Inbound arrivals up by 1.8% during Jan – May 2019
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The Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in May 2019 were 6,10,590 as compared to 6,06,522 in May 2018 registering a growth of 0.7 per cent. FTAs during the period January-May 2019 were 45,45,883 as compared to 44,67,393 in January-May 2018 registering a growth of 1.8 per cent.
The percentage share of FTAs in India during May,2019 among the top 15 source countries was highest from Bangladesh (28.37%) followed by USA (16.24%), UK(6.90%), Malaysia (3.75%),China (3.59%),Australia (2.81%), Canada (2.60%),Japan (2.47%), Sri Lanka (2.34%), Germany (2.30%),Singapore (2.01%), France (1.84%), Nepal (1.61%), Rep. of Korea (1.61%) and Thailand (1.19%).
During January-May2019, a total of 12,32,862 tourist arrived on e-Tourist Visa as compared to 10,13,156 during January-May 2018, registering a growth of 21.7 per cent.