India receives 6.37 lakh Foreign Tourist Arrivals in November 2011

Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India during November, 2011 was 6.37 lakh as compared to FTAs of 6.08 lakh during November 2010 and 5.41 lakh in October 2009. There has been a growth of 4.7 per cent in November 2011 over November 2010 as compared to a growth of 12.3 per cent registered in November 2010 over November 2009. The growth rate of 4.7 per cent in November 2011 is lower than 11 per cent growth rate observed in October 2011 over October 2010. FTAs during January-November, 2011 were 55.75 lakh with a growth of 9.4 per cent, as compared to the FTAs of 50.96 lakh with a growth of 11.9 per cent during January-November 2010 over the corresponding period of 2009.