Foreign Tourist Arrivals, December 2014

• FTAs during the Month of December 2014 was 8.77 lakh as compared to FTAs of 8.22 lakh during the month of December 2013 and 7.53 lakh in December 2012.
• There has been a growth of 6.8% in December 2014 over December 2013.
• FTAs during the period January-December 2014 were 74.62 lakh with a growth of 7.1%, as compared to the FTAs of 69.68 lakh with a growth of 5.9% during January-December 2013 over the corresponding period of 2012.
• The percentage share of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India during December 2014 among the top 15 source countries was highest from USA (17.62%), followed by UK (11.44%), Bangladesh (10.22%), Canada (4.81%), Australia (4.75%), Russian Federation (3.91%), Malaysia (3.65%), Germany (2.58%), Sri Lanka (2.54%), China (2.25%), Japan (2.21%), France (2.19%), Singapore (2.11%), Pakistan (1.94%) and Thailand(1.62%).