Foreign tourist Arrivals & Foreign exchange earnings in India during 2006 and corresponding figures for 2004 & 2005

for Ministry of Tourism | Date - 06-12-2006

	FOREIGN TOURIST ARRIVAL (Nos.)			PERCENTAGE CHANGE
Month	2004	2005	2006*	2005/04	2006/05
January	337345	385977	444260	14.4	15.1
February	331697	369844	407198	11.5	10.1
March	293185	352094	390824	20.1	11.0
April	223884	248416	309775	11.0	24.7
May	185502	225394	258527	21.5	14.7
June	223122	246970	273149	10.7	10.6
July	272456	307870	348817	13.0	13.3
August	253301	273856	302611	8.1	10.5
September	226773	257184	281102	13.4	9.3
October	307447	347757	394009	13.1	13.3
November	385238	423837	472155	10.0	11.4
Total	3039950	3439199	3882427	13.1	12.9

* Provisional

Month	FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS (IN RS.CRORES)			PERCENTAGE CHANGE
Month	2004	2005*	2006*	2005/04	2006/05
January	2084.59	2326.20	2722.07	11.6	17.0
February	2049.70	2343.18	2635.98	14.3	12.5
March	1811.71	2210.62	2434.32	22.0	10.1
April	1368.42	1649.96	2127.44	20.6	28.9
May	1133.82	1452.72	1673.91	28.1	15.2
June	1363.76	1637.29	1937.38	20.1	18.3
July	1776.60	2048.78	2427.04	15.3	18.5
August	1651.69	1898.03	2125.47	14.9	12.0
September	1478.71	1764.06	1958.50	19.3	11.0
October	1906.36	2185.34	2701.06	14.6	23.6
November	2388.71	2671.88	3190.95	11.9	19.4
Total	19014.07	22188.06	25934.12	16.7	16.9

* Provisional

	FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS (IN US$ MILLION)			PERCENTAGE CHANGE
Month	2004	2005*	2006*	2005/04	2006/05
January	460.67	532.19	632.43	15.5	18.8
February	452.96	536.07	594.64	18.3	10.9
March	400.37	505.74	547.17	26.3	8.2
April	304.77	378.38	473.44	24.2	25.1
May	252.51	333.15	368.56	31.9	10.6
June	303.72	375.47	420.80	23.6	12.1
July	384.87	470.08	522.70	22.1	11.2
August	357.80	435.49	456.76	21.7	4.9
September	320.33	401.83	424.70	25.4	5.7
October	423.97	497.63	594.05	17.4	19.4
November	531.25	597.50	711.61	12.5	19.1
Total	4193.22	5063.53	5746.86	20.8	13.5

* Provisional

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