With the availability of final figures of FTAs from Bureau of Immigration (BOI) now for 2008, the provisional figure of 5.37 million FTAs for 2008 released earlier by MoT has now been revised at 5.28 million.
Following are the important highlights regarding FTAs and FEEs from tourism in India for the year 2009.
Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs)
- FTAs during 2009 were 5.11 million with a growth rate of (─) 3.3 per cent as compared to the FTAs of 5.28 million and growth rate of four per cent during 2008.
- Though the growth rate for 2009 is (─) 3.3 per cent, it is better than UNWTO's projected growth rate of (─) six per cent to (─) four per cent for the world.
- FTAs during the month of December 2009 were 6.46 lakh as compared to FTAs of 5.34 lakh in December 2008 and 5.97 lakh in December 2007.