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INDIA TOURISM STATISTICS 2015 STATISTICS TOURISM INDIA INDIA TOURISM STATISTICS 2015 24 x 7 Toll free tourist helpline no:1800-11-1363 Short code: 1363 www.tourism.gov.in www.incredibleindia.org Market Research Division Ministry of Tourism, Government of India New Delhi December 2016 INDIA TOURISM STATISTICS, 2015 Government of India Ministry of Tourism Market Research Division India Tourism Statistics 2015 1 2 India Tourism Statistics 2015 India Tourism Statistics 2015 3 4 India Tourism Statistics 2015 OFFICERS OF MARKET RESEARCH DIVISION ASSOCIATED WITH THE PREPARATION OF INDIA TOURISM STATISTICS, 2015 Dr. Ravi Kant Bhatnagar Additional Director General Smt. Mini Prasanakumar Joint Director Smt. Neha Srivastava Dy. Director Shri Shailesh Kumar Dy. Director Shri R. L. Meena Assistant Director Ms. Nikita Garg Assistant Director Shri S .K. Mohanta DPA Grade. “B” Shri Banke Ram DPA Grade. “B” Smt. Charu Arora DEO Grade. “B” India Tourism Statistics 2015 5 6 India Tourism Statistics 2015 CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE Chapter-1 Important Statistics on Tourism 15-19 Chapter-2 Inbound Tourism- Foreign Tourist Arrivals in India 21-74 2.1 Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India 23 Table 2.1.1 Foreign Tourist Arrivals in India, 1981-2015 23-24 Table 2.1.2 Nationality-wise Foreign Tourist Arrivals 25-27 in India, 2013-2015 2.2 Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India from 27 Different Regions Table 2.2.1 Foreign Tourist Arrivals in India from 28 different Regions of the World, 2013-2015 2.3 Seasonality in Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in 29 India Table 2.3.1 Month-wise number and percentage share 29 of FTAs in India during, 2013-2015 Table 2.3.2 Lean and Peak Months of FTAs in India 30-31 from top 15 countries during, 2015 Table 2.3.3 FTAs in India According to Quarter, 31 1999 - 2015 Table 2.3.4 Nationality-wise FTAs in India According 32-35 to Quarter, 2015 2.4 Mode of Travel of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in 35 India Table 2.4.1 FTAs in India According to Mode of Travel, 36 1996-2015 Table 2.4.2 Nationality-wise FTAs in India during, 37-39 2015 according to Mode of Travel 2.5 Port of Entry of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in 39 India Table 2.5.1 FTAs in India through Major Ports, 40 1996-2015 India Tourism Statistics 2015 7 Table 2.5.2 Nationality-wise of FTAs in India according 41-44 to Major Port of Disembarkation, 2015 2.6 Gender-wise Distribution of Foreign Tourist Arrivals 44 (FTAs) in India Table 2.6.1 FTAs in India according to Gender, 45 1996-2015 Table 2.6.2 Nationality-wise FTAs in India according 46-48 to Gender, 2015 2.7 Age –wise Distribution of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) 48 in India Table 2.7.1 FTAs in India according to Age-Group, 49 1996-2015 Table 2.7.2 Nationality-wise FTAs in India according 50-53 to Age- Group, 2015 2.8 Top 15 Source Countries for Foreign Tourist Arrivals 53 (FTAs) in India Table 2.8.1 Top 15 Source Countries for FTAs in India 53 during, 2014 & 2015 Table 2.8.2 FTAs in India during 1981 to 2015 from 54-57 Top 15 Source Countries of 2015. Details of FTAs from top 15 source countries for 2015 58-71 2.9 Foreign Exchange Earnings (FEEs) from Tourism in 72 India Table 2.9.1 FEEs from Tourism in India during; 72-73 1991-2015 Table 2.9.2 Month-wise FEEs from Tourism (`Crore) 73 in India during, 2013 -2015 Table 2.9.3 Month-wise FEEs from Tourism (in US$ 74 Billion) in India during, 2013-2015 Chapter-3 World Tourism Scenario and India’s Position in World 75-81 3.1 World Tourism Traffic 77 Table 3.1.1 International Tourist Arrivals Worldwide 77-78 and by Regions, 2013-2015 8 India Tourism Statistics 2015 Table 3.1.2 International Tourist Arrivals in World 78-79 and India, 1999-2015 Table 3.1.3 Countries above India in terms of Tourist 79-81 Arrivals, 2013-2015 3.2 Outbound Tourism 81 Table 3.2.1 Number of outbound tourists of some selected countries of the world and 81-84 percentage share of India, 2013 & 2014 3.3 International Tourism Receipts 84 Table 3.3.1 International Tourism Receipts Worldwide 85 and by Regions, 2013-2015 Table 3.3.2 International Tourism Receipts and India’ 86 s Share and Rank, 1999-2015 Table 3.3.3 Countries above India in terms of Tourism 87 Receipts, 2013-2015 Chapter-4 Outbound Tourism-Indian Nationals’ Departures from 89-99 India Table 4.1.1 Number of Indian Nationals’ departures 91-92 from India, 1991- 2015 Table 4.1.2 Port-wise of Indian Nationals’ Departures 92-93 from India, 2008- 2015 Table 4.1.3 Month-wise number & percentage share of Indian Nationals’ Departures from India, 94 2013- 2015 Table 4.1.4 Mode-wise distribution of Indian Nationals' 95 Departures (INDs) from India during, 2015 Table 4.1.5 Destination-wise number of Indian 96-99 Nationals’ Departures from India, 2007-2014 Chapter-5 Domestic Tourism 101-120 5.1 Domestic & Foreign Tourists Visits 103 Table 5.1.1 Domestic & Foreign Tourist Visits to 103-104 States/UTs, 1991-2015 Table 5.1.2 State/UT-wise Domestic and Foreign 106-107 Tourists Visits, 2014-2015 India Tourism Statistics 2015 9 Table 5.1.3 Percentage share and Rank of different States/UTs in Domestic and Foreign 108-109 Tourist Visits during, 2015 5.2 Visitors to Centrally Protected Ticketed Monuments 110 Table 5.2.1 Visitors to Centrally Protected Ticketed 111 Monuments, 1996-2015 Table 5.2.2 Domestic and Foreign Visitors at 10 Most Popular Centrally Protected Ticketed ASI 113 Monuments during, 2015 Table 5.2.3 Number of Visitors to Centrally Protected 115-120 Ticketed Monuments, 2013-2015 Chapter-6 Approved Hotels 121-130 6.1 Approved Hotels 123 Table 6.1.1 Number of Approved Hotels and Availability of Hotel Rooms in the Country 123-124 as on 31st December, 2015 6.2 Distribution of Hotels in different states/UTs of India 124 Table 6.2.1 Distribution of Hotels and Hotel Rooms in 124-126 India, as on 31st December, 2015 6.3 Indian Hotel Industry Survey, 2014 127 Table 6.3.1 Typical Room Profile of an average Hotels, 128 2014-15 by Category of Hotels Table 6.3.2 Average Number of Total Employees per Hotel (Permanent/Contract/Full Time/ 128 Part Time), 2014-15 by Category of Hotels Table 6.3.3 Average Percentage of Trained Employees 129 per Hotel, 2014-15 by Category of Hotels Table 6.3.4 Distribution of Hotel Guests by Country of 129 Origin, 2014-15 Table 6.3.5 Analysis of Hotel Guests, 2014-15 by 130 Category of Hotels Chapter-7 Travel Trade 131-136 Table 7.1 No. of Approved Travel Trade Services Providers in the country, as on 31st 133 December, 2015 10 India Tourism Statistics 2015 Table 7.1.1 Adventure Tour Operators, Domestic Tour Operators, Inbound Tour Operators, Tourist 134 Transport Operators and Travel Agents Table 7.1.2 State-wise Number of Recognized Inbound Tour Operators, Travel Agencies, Tourist Transport Operators, Adventure Tour 134-136 Operators & Domestic Tour Operators during, 2015 Chapter-8 Human Resource Development 137-144 8.1 Indian Institutes of Tourism & Travel Management 139 Table 8.1.1 Number of Students Enrolled and Passed out from Institutes of Tourism and Travel 140 Management (IITTM) 8.2 Hotel Management and Catering Institutes 140 Table 8.2.1 Courses Offered by Institutes of Hotel 141-142 Managements/Food Craft Institutes Table 8.2.2 Number of students on Roll in each course 143 & passed out during of 2015-16 Chapter-9 Plan Outlays 145-158 Table 9.1 Annual Plan Outlays and Financial 147 Assistance Provided to States/UTs Table 9.1.1 Scheme wise Annual Plan Outlays of Ministry of Tourism 2014-15, 2015-16 and 147-148 2016-17 Table 9.1.2 Scheme wise Plan Outlay and Expenditure of Ministry of Tourism for the 11th Five 149 Year Plan Table 9.1.3 State/UTs-wise Number of Projects & Amount Sanctioned* by Ministry of Tourism 150-151 during 12th Plan Period 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16 9.2 Swadesh Darshan 151 Table 9.2.1 Projects Sanctioned and funds released 152 under Swadesh Darshan during, 2014-15 Table 9.2.2 Projects Sanctioned and funds released 152-154 under Swadesh Darshan during, 2015-16 India Tourism Statistics 2015 11 Table 9.2.3 Projects Sanctioned and funds released 154 under Swadesh Darshan during, 2016-17 9.3 Prasad 155 Table 9.3.1 Projects Sanctioned and funds released 155 under Prasad during, 2014-15 Table 9.3.2 Projects Sanctioned and funds released 156 under Prasad during, 2015-16 Table 9.3.3 Projects Sanctioned and funds released 157 under Prasad during, 2016-17 Chapter-10 Surveys & Studies 159-168 Study in Overseas Markets of Germany, Japan, Russia, 161-168 South Africa, South Korea and Turkey Chapter-11 Financial Assistance Provided by Tourism Finance 169-172 Corporation of India (TFCI) Table 11.1.1 Assistance Sanctioned and Disbursed by 171 TFCI, during 2014-15 and 2015-16 Table 11.1.2 Project-wise and Purpose-wise Classification of Financial Assistance Sanctioned during 172 2015-16 Appendices 173-371 (i) Guidelines for Project Approval & Classification 175-188 of Time Share Resorts (ii) Guidelines for Classification of Heritage Hotels 189-194 (iii) Guidelines for Approval of Convention Centers 195-204 (iv) Guidelines for Approval & Classification/Re- 205-220 classification of Apartmet Hotels (v) Guidelines for Approval and Registration of Incredible India Bed & Breakfast home stay 221-232 Establishments (vi) Guidelines for Recognition/Renewal OR Extension 233-244 as an Approved Travel Agents/Agencies (vii) Guidelines for Recognition/Renewal OR Extension 245-256 as an Approved Inbound Tour Operator (viii) Guidelines for Recognition/Renewal OR Extension 257-268 as an Approved Tourist Transport Operator 12 India Tourism Statistics 2015 (ix) Guidelines for Recognition/Renewal OR Extension 269-288 as a Approved Adventure Tour Operator (x) Guidelines for Recognition/Renewal OR Extension 289-299 as an Approved Domestic Tour Operators (xi) Guidelines for the selection and grant of Guide 300-315 License to Regional Level Tourist Guides (RLG) (xii) Guidelines for the Selection & Grant of License to Local Guides by State Governments/UT 316-328 Administrations (xiii) Guidelines of Scheme of Financial Assistance to IHMs/FCIs/IITTM/Polytechnic Institutes/ 329-335 Universities/Govt.
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