INDIA TOURISM STATISTICS 2011 Government of India Ministry of Tourism Market Research Division Hkkjr ljdkj i;ZVu ea=ky; ifjogu Hkou] laln ekxZ ubZ fnYyh&110001 Government of India ijost+ nhoku Ministry of Tourism Transport Bhawan, Parliament Street lfpo New Delhi - 110001 Parvez Dewan Tel.: 91-11-23711792, 23321395 Fax: 91-11-23717890 Secretary E-mail:
[email protected] FOREWORD The availability of the latest and reliable tourism statistics is one of the important pre- requisites for the preparation of programmes and policies relating to the development of tourism in the country. I have great pleasure in presenting "India Tourism Statistics 2011". The Ministry has been presenting tourism related data on a regular basis and this is the 54th in the series of such publications. This publication contains data on Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs), Foreign Exchange Earnings (FEE) from tourism, domestic tourism, hotel, travel trade and training institutions in the field of travel and tourism. The publication also includes guidelines of the various schemes of the Ministry of Tourism for wider dissemination of the same. During the year 2011, India registered a positive growth of 9.2% over 2010. The growth rate of 9.2% in 2011 for India is very encouraging as compared to UNWTO's estimated growth rate of 5% for the world as a whole in 2011. I am sure that information contained in this publication will be useful for all involved in the travel and tourism industry, including policy makers, administrators and researchers. We would, however, welcome suggestions for improvement in the content and coverage of the publication.