Travel
Submitted by kashif on 14 May 2008 - 1:39pm.
Foreign
Tourist Arrivals (FTAS) and Foreign Exchange Earnings (FEE) from
tourism in India during 2008 and comparative figures of 2006 and 2007
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Foreign Tourist Arrivals |
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Month |
Foreign Tourist Arrivals (Nos.) |
Percentage Change |
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2006 |
2007 @ |
2008 @ |
2007/2006 |
2008/2007 |
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January |
459489 |
532088 |
584765 |
15.8% |
9.9% |
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February |
439090 |
498806 |
560658 |
13.6% |
12.4% |
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March |
391009 |
444186 |
509926 |
13.6% |
14.8% |
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April |
309208 |
333945 |
369677 |
8.0% |
10.7% |
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May |
255008 |
267758 |
290785 |
5.0% |
8.6% |
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Total |
1853804 |
2076783 |
2315811 |
12.0% |
11.5% |
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Foreign Exchange Earnings in Rs. |
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Month |
Foreign Exchange Earnings (in Rs. Crore) |
Percentage Change |
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2006 |
2007** |
2008# |
2007/2006 |
2008/2007 |
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January |
3970 |
4777 |
5642 |
20.3% |
18.1% |
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February |
3793 |
4478 |
5431 |
18.1% |
21.3% |
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March |
3378 |
3988 |
4968 |
18.1% |
24.6% |
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April |
2850 |
3154 |
3271 |
10.7% |
3.7% |
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May |
2350 |
2528 |
2651 |
7.6% |
4.9% |
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Total |
16341 |
18925 |
21963 |
15.8% |
16.1% |
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Foreign Exchange Earnings in US$ million |
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Month |
Foreign Exchange Earnings (in US$ million) |
Percentage Change |
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2006 |
2007** |
2008# |
2007/2006 |
2008/2007 |
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January |
894 |
1081 |
1433 |
20.9% |
32.6% |
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February |
854 |
1014 |
1368 |
18.7% |
34.9% |
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March |
761 |
903 |
1231 |
18.7% |
36.3% |
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April |
627 |
765 |
817 |
22.0% |
6.8% |
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May |
517 |
613 |
630 |
18.6% |
2.8% |
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Total |
3653 |
4376 |
5479 |
19.8% |
25.2% |
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@ Provisional Estimates ** Partially Revised
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Note: |
Figures for January - June 2007 have been revised based on the |
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Domestic passengers carried by Indian scheduled airlines April 2008
The total domestic passengers carried by the Scheduled Airlines of India during the month of April, 2008 was 38.92 lakhs. The break-up is as follows:
Air India (Domestic) – 5.86 lakhs,
Jet Airways – 8.39 lakhs,
Jet Lite – 3.11 lakhs,
Deccan – 5.30 lakhs,
Kingfisher – 5.58 lakhs,
Spice Jet – 3.94 lakhs,
Paramount – 0.48 lakhs,
Go Air – 1.80 lakhs,
IndiGo – 4.46 lakhs.
The domestic passengers carried by the Scheduled Airlines of India in April, 2007 was 35.82 lakhs of which Air India (Domestic) carried 7.81 lakhs whereas the private airlines carried 28.01 lakhs.
The percentage share of the carriers in the month of April, 2008 was:
Air India (Domestic) – 15.1%,
Jet Airways – 21.6%,
Jet Lite – 8.0%,
Deccan – 13.6%,
Kingfisher – 14.3%,
Spice Jet – 10.1%,
Paramount – 1.2%,
Go Air – 4.6 % and
IndiGo – 11.5%.





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