OFFICERS OF MARKET RESEARCH DIVISION ASSOCIATED WITH THE PREPARATION OF INDIA

TOURISM STATISTICS, 2019

1. Number of Foreign Tourist Arrivals in India (million) Annual Growth Rate 10.56 5.2% `

2. Number of Non-Residents Indians Arrivals (million) Annual Growth Rate 6.87 1.4%

3. Number of International Tourist Arrivals in India (million) Annual Growth Rate 17.42 3.7%

4. Foreign Tourist Arrivals by Mode of Transport (Percentage)

i. Air 79.6%

ii. Land 19.6%

iii. Sea 0.8%

3. Foreign Tourist Arrivals by Air Port of Entry (Percentage share)

i. Delhi (Airport) 28.8%

ii. Mumbai (Airport) 15.7%

iii. Haridaspur (Land Check Post) 9.8%

iv. Chennai (Airport) 7.5%

v. Bengaluru (Airport) 5.8%

vi. Kolkata (Airport) 5.1%

vii. Cochin (Airport) 3.2%

viii. Hyderabad (Airport) 3.1%

Others 21.0% All Ports 100.0%

4. Foreign Tourist Arrivals from Top 15 source markets (Numbers in million and Percentage share)

i. Bangladesh 2.26 (21.37%)

ii. United States 1.46 (13.80%)

iii. United Kingdom 1.03 (9.75%)

iv. Sri Lanka 0.35 (3.35%)

v. Canada 0.35 (3.32%)

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Tourism Statistics, 2019

vi. Australia 0.34 (3.28%)

vii. Malaysia 0.32 (3.02%)

viii. China 0.28 (2.67%)

ix. Germany 0.27 (2.60%)

x. Russian Fed 0.26 (2.48%)

xi. France 0.26 (2.48%)

xii. Japan 0.24 (2.24%)

xiii. Singapore 0.18 (1.74%)

xiv. Nepal 0.17 (1.65%)

xv. Thailand 0.16 (1.58%) Share of Top 15 Countries 7.95 (75.33%) Share of Top 10 Countries
6.93(65.65%)

5. Foreign Exchange Earnings from Tourism (PR)

i) In INR terms (1 crore = 10 million) Annual Growth Rate 1,94,881 Crore 9.6% ii) In US$ terms billion
Annual Growth Rate US$28.59 4.7%
6. No. of Indian Nationals Departures from India (million) Annual Growth Rate 26.29 9.8%

7. Number of Domestic Tourist Visits (million) (R) Annual Growth Rate 1854.93 11.9%

8. Approved Hotels

i) Number of Hotels

ii) Number of Rooms 1961 102490

9. Travel Trade as on 31st December 2018

i) Number of Approved Inbound Tour Operators 485

ii) Number of Approved Travel Agencies 215

iii) Number of Approved Tourist Transport Operators 109

iv) Number of Approved Domestic Tour Operators 140

v) Number of Approved Adventure Tour Operators 50 India Tourism Statistics, 2019 3 Important
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(II) WORLD

1. Number of International Tourist Arrivals (million) Annual Growth Rate 1401.0(P) 5.4%

2. International Tourism Receipts (US$ billion) Annual Growth Rate 1448.0(P) 7.2%

IV) INDIA’S POSITION IN WORLD

1. Share of India in International Tourist Arrivals 1.24%

2. India’s rank in International Tourist Arrivals 22nd

3. Share of India in International Tourism Receipts 1.97% 4. India’s rank in International Tourism
Receipts (As per RBI’s estimate) 13th

(V) INDIA’S POSITION IN ASIA PACIFIC REGION

1. Share of India in Tourist Arrivals 5.01%

2. India’s rank in Tourist Arrivals 7th

3. Share of India in Tourism Receipts (US$) 6.54%

4. India’s rank in Tourism Receipts (As per RBI’s estimate) 7th (P): Provisional. Important Statistics on
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In 2019, Travel & Tourism’s direct, indirect and induced impact accounted for:  
 US$8.9 trillion contribution to the world’s GDP
 10.3% of global GDP
 330 million jobs, 1 in 10 jobs around the world
 US$1.7 trillion visitor exports (6.8% of total exports, 28.3% of global services exports)
 US$948 billion capital investment (4.3% of total investment)