4.63 mn FTAS in 8 months

Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAS) during Jan-sept 2012 crossed the 4.63 million mark with a growth of 5.9 per cent.

As per the recent statistics released by the Ministry of Tourism, the Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) during the period JanuarySeptember 2012 crossed the 4.63 million mark with a growth of 5.9 per cent, as compared to the FTAs of 4.37 million during JanuarySeptember 2011 over the corresponding period of 2010. FTAs during the month of September 2012 were 4.15 lakh as compared to FTAs of 4.02 lakh during September 2011 and 3.70 lakh in September 2010. There has been a growth of 3.2 per cent in September 2012 over September 2011 as compared to a growth of 8.7 per cent registered in September 2011 over September 2010.