Visitor arrivals to India up 1% in May-2019, arrivals on e-tourist visa up 32%

India's Ministry of Tourism reported (16-Jun-2019) foreign tourist arrivals to India for May-2019. Details include:

• Foreign tourist arrivals: 610,590, +0.7% year-on-year;
  • Share of top 15 source countries:
    • Bangladesh: 28.37%;
    • US: 16.24%;
    • UK: 6.90%;
    • Malaysia: 3.75%;
    • China: 3.59%;
    • Australia: 2.81%;
    • Canada: 2.60%;
    • Japan: 2.47%;
    • Sri Lanka: 2.34%;
    • Germany: 2.30%;
    • Singapore: 2.01%;
    • France: 1.84%;
    • Nepal: 1.61%;
    • South Korea: 1.61%
    • Thailand: 1.19%;
• Arrivals on e-tourist Visa: 124,197, +31.6%;
  • Share of top 15 source countries:
    
    • US: 14.5%;
    • China: 10.9%;
    • UK: 10.2%;
    • Malaysia: 7.0%;
    • France: 4.3%;
    • Australia: 4.3%;
    • Germany: 4.3%;
    • Canada: 4.0%;
    • Singapore: 2.7%;
    • Japan: 2.2%;
    • Thailand: 2.0%;
    • Italy: 2.0%;
    • Israel: 1.8%;
    • Spain: 1.7%;
    • Russia: 1.7%. [more - original PR]