July tourist arrivals rise 11.9 pc

Tourist arrivals in India rose 11.9 per cent in July from a year earlier, boosting foreign exchange earnings from the sector by 34.6 per cent to $703.63 million, the government said on Wednesday.

There were 3,77,474 foreign visitors in July compared with 3,37,332 in July last year, the Tourism Ministry said in a statement.

Tourist arrivals in the first seven months of 2007 totalled 2.76 million, up 12.2 per cent from 2.46 million in the same period last year.