Visitor arrivals to India up 4% in Apr-2019, arrivals on e-tourist visa up 28%

7 June, 2019

India's Ministry of Tourism (06-Jun-2019) foreign tourist arrivals to India for Apr-2019. Details include:

  • Foreign tourist arrivals: 771,353, +3.5% year-on-year;
    • Share of top 15 source countries:
      • Bangladesh: 25.28%;
      • UK: 10.79%;
      • US: 10.52%;
      • Australia: 3.57%;
      • Germany: 3.16%;
      • China: 3.08%;
      • Malaysia: 2.83%;
      • Sri Lanka: 2.81%;
      • Canada: 2.52%;
      • Japan: 2.36%;
      • France: 2.19%;
      • Singapore: 1.61%;
      • Thailand: 1.61%;
      • Russia: 1.45%;
      • South Korea: 1.37%
  • Arrivals on e-tourist Visa: 201,137, +28.0%;
    • Share of top 15 source countries:
      • UK: 16.8%;
      • US: 9.9%;
      • China: 7.0%;
      • Germany: 5.6%;
      • Australia: 4.7%;
      • France: 4.6%;
      • Malaysia: 4.1%;
      • Canada: 3.3%;
      • Thailand: 3.2%;
      • Italy: 2.9%;
      • Spain: 2.2%;
      • Japan: 1.9%;
      • Israel: 1.8%;
      • Oman: 1.7%;
      • Singapore: 1.7%. [more - original PR]