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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

 
 

Foreign Tourist Arrivals

 

 

 

 

Month

     Foreign Tourist Arrivals (Nos.)  

Percentage Change

2006

2007 @

2008 @

2007/2006

2008/2007

January

459489

532088

584765

15.8%

9.9%

February

439090

498806

560658

13.6%

12.4%

March

391009

444186

509926

13.6%

14.8%

April

309208

333945

369677

8.0%

10.7%

May

255008

267758

290785

5.0%

8.6%

Total

1853804

2076783

2315811

12.0%

11.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign Exchange Earnings in Rs.
Crore

 

 

 

Month

Foreign Exchange Earnings (in Rs. Crore)

Percentage Change

2006

2007**

2008#

2007/2006

2008/2007

January

3970

4777

5642

20.3%

18.1%

February

3793

4478

5431

18.1%

21.3%

March

3378

3988

4968

18.1%

24.6%

April

2850

3154

3271

10.7%

3.7%

May

2350

2528

2651

7.6%

4.9%

Total

16341

18925

21963

15.8%

16.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign Exchange Earnings in US$ million

 

 

 

Month

Foreign Exchange Earnings (in US$ million)

Percentage Change

2006

2007**

2008#

2007/2006

2008/2007

January

894

1081

1433

20.9%

32.6%

February

854

1014

1368

18.7%

34.9%

March

761

903

1231

18.7%

36.3%

April

627

765

817

22.0%

6.8%

May

517

613

630

18.6%

2.8%

Total

3653

4376

5479

19.8%

25.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

@ Provisional Estimates    ** Partially Revised
Estimates  #  Advance Estimates

 

 

Note:

Figures for January - June 2007 have been revised based on the
Partially Revised figures now available from the Reserve Bank of India

 

 

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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