Ministry of Tourism compiles monthly estimates of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) on the basis of data received from major ports and Foreign Exchange Earnings (FEEs) from tourism on the basis of data available from Reserve Bank of India. The following are the important highlights regarding FTAs and FEEs from tourism during the month of July 2014.

Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs):

• FTAs during the Month of July 2014 was 5.72 lakh as compared to FTAs of 5.06 lakh during the month of July 2013 and 4.86 lakh in July 2012.

• There has been a growth of 12.9% in July 2014 over July 2013 as compared to a growth of 4.2% registered in July 2013 over July 2012.
• FTAs during the period January-July 2014 were 41.15 lakh with a growth of 6.2% , as compared to the FTAs of 38.74 lakh with a growth of 4.4% during January-July 2013 over the corresponding period of 2012.
• The percentage share of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India during July 2014 among the top 15 source countries was the highest from USA (16.88%) followed by Bangladesh (14.69%), UK (12.66%), France (4.14%), Sri Lanka (3.61%),Malaysia (3.51%), Canada (2.84%), Japan (2.75%), Germany (2.70%), China (2.29%), Australia (2.23%), Nepal (2.11%), Singapore (1.85%), Pakistan (1.75%) and Republic of Korea (1.72%) .