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According to statistics released by the Union Government, when it comes to receiving tourists on regular visas Goa follows Delhi, Mumbai, and Chennai bringing 5.58% of the total tourist arrivals.
The highest was at Delhi Airport (31.86%) followed by Mumbai Airport (16.10%), Haridaspur Land checkpost (between India and Bangladesh) (9.44%), Chennai Airport (6.72%), Goa Airport (5.58%), Bengaluru Airport (5.14%), Kolkata Airport (4.75%), Cochin Airport (2.61%), Hyderabad Airport (2.49%), Gede Rail Land checkpost (2.43%), Ahmedabad Airport (2.03%), Amritsar Airport (1.49%), Trivandrum (1.37%), Ghojadanga land checkpost (1.24%) and Gaya Airport (1.24%).
On the other hand, when it comes to tourists arriving on e-travel visas, Goa fares even better coming in third position.
New Delhi leads the list with 42.0%, Mumbai Airport (19.6%), Dabolim (Goa) Airport (13.3%), Chennai Airport (6.3%), Bengaluru Airport (4.9%), Kochi Airport (3.6%), Kolkata Airport (2.3%), Hyderabad Airport (2.0%) Trivandrum Airport (1.7%), Amritsar Airport (1.7%), Ahmadabad Airport (1.5%), Jaipur Airport (0.5%), Tirchy Airport (0.4%), Gaya Airport (0.2%)and Lucknow Airport(0.1%).
Ministry of Tourism compiles monthly estimates of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) & FTAs on e- Tourist Visa on the basis of Nationality-wise, Port-wise data received from Bureau of Immigration (BOI).
According to Union Ministry statistics, the number of FTAs on regular tourist visas in February, 2017 were 9.56 lakh as compared to FTAs of 8.47 lakh in February, 2016 and 7.61 lakh in February, 2015. The growth rate in FTAs in February, 2017 over February, 2016 is 13.0% compared to 11.3% in February, 2016 over February, 2015.
The percentage share of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) on regular visas in India during February 2017 among the top 15 source countries was highest from Bangladesh (17.46%) followed by UK (12.20%), USA (11.83%), Russian Fed. (4.29%), Canada (4.26%), France (3.25%), Germany (3.11%), China (2.96%), Sri Lanka (2.91%), Australia (2.62%), Malaysia (2.55%), Japan (2.26%), Thailand (1.83%), Afghanistan (1.73%), and Nepal (1.50%).
On the other hand the percentage shares of top 15 source countries availing e-tourist visa facilities during February, 2017 UK (26.1%), USA (11.0%), France (7.3%), Russian Fed (7.3%), China (5.1%), Germany (4.8%), Canada (3.9%), Australia (3.4%), Korea (Rep.of) (2.2%), Netherlands (1.9%), Ukraine (1.5%), South Africa (1.5%), Spain (1.3%), Singapore (1.2%) and Sweden (1.2%).
During the month of February, 2017 total of 1.70 lakh tourist arrived on e-Tourist Visa as compared to 1.17 lakh during the month of February 2016 registering a growth of 45.2%.
During January-February 2017, a total of 32.18 lakh tourists arrived on e-Tourist Visa as compared to
20.54 lakh during January-February 2016, registering a growth of 56.7% .
