India's forex earnings from tourism up 8.6 per cent at Rs5,219 crore in October

Foreign exchange earnings of the country from tourism stood at Rs5,219 crore in October 2010, showing an increase of 8.6 per cent year-on-year from the Rs4,806 crore received in October 2009, which in turn was up 13.1 per cent from Rs4,248 crore in October 2008.  

Foreign exchange earnings during the January-October 2010 period rose 21.1 per cent and stood at Rs51,334 crore against Rs42,395 crore with a growth of 4.1 per cent during  January -October 2009 over the corresponding period of 2008.

Foreign exchange earnings from tourism in dollar terms during October 2010 rose 14.3 per cent and stood at $1.18 billion against $1.03 billion in October 2009. It was $873 million in October 2008.

Foreign exchange earnings during the January-October 2010 period rose 28.6 per cent to $11.19 billion against a negative growth of (-) 10.3 per cent in January-October 2009 to $870 billion from January - October 2008.

Around 4.87 lakh foreign tourist visited India during October 2010 against 4.46 lakh tourists arrived in the country during October 2009 and 4.50 lakh in October 2008. 

This represented a growth of 9.2 per cent in October 2010 over October 2009 against a negative growth of (-) 0.9 per cent in October 2009 year-on-year.

Foreign tourist arrivals at the Delhi airport actually recorded an increase of 5.1 per cent in October 2010 compared to October 2009 amidst the Commonwealth Games.
 
During the January-October 2010 period, around 4.32 million foreign tourists visited the country, recording a growth rate of 9.9 per cent from the 3.93 million tourists arrived in January-October 2009, which in turn registered a negative growth rate of 6.7 per cent during January-October 2008.