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India, in many parts is a far from tourist friendly country. The INFRASTRUCTURE simply is not there to handle the volume of tourists, as well as the all important hotels. Many parts of India are dirty and dusty still. Pollution is prevalent. The cities seem claustrophobic and over crowded.
From Wikipedia:
| 1 |
 France |
Europe |
84.7 million |
83.0 million |
 2.0 |
1.8 |
| 2 |
 United States |
North America |
69.8 million |
66.7 million |
4.7 |
6.3 |
| 3 |
 Spain |
Europe |
60.7 million |
57.5 million |
5.6 |
2.3 |
| 4 |
 China |
Asia |
55.7 million |
57.7 million |
 3.5 |
0.3 |
| 5 |
 Italy |
Europe |
47.7 million |
46.4 million |
2.9 |
0.5 |
| 6 |
 Turkey |
Europe |
37.8 million |
35.7 million |
5.9 |
3.0 |
| 7 |
 Germany |
Europe |
31.5 million |
30.4 million |
3.7 |
7.3 |
| 8 |
 United Kingdom |
Europe |
31.2 million |
29.3 million |
6.4 |
0.1 |
| 9 |
 Russia |
Europe |
28.4 million |
25.7 million |
10.2 |
13.5 |
| 10 |
 Thailand |
Asia |
26.5 million |
22.4 million |
18.8 |
16.2 | | |
In Asia:
| 1 |
China |
55.7 million |
57.7 million |
3.5 |
0.3 |
| — |
 Hong Kong, China |
25.6 million |
23.7 million |
8.0 |
6.5 |
| — |
 Macau, China |
14.2 million |
13.5 million |
5.1 |
5.0 |
| 2 |
Thailand |
26.5 million |
22.4 million |
18.8 |
16.2 |
| 3 |
 Malaysia |
25.7 million |
25.0 million |
2.7 |
1.3 |
| 4 |
 South Korea |
12.1 million |
11.1 million |
9.3 |
13.7 |
| 5 |
 Singapore |
11.0 million |
— |
6.8 |
| 6 |
 Japan |
10.3 million |
8.3 million |
24.0 |
34.4 |
| 7 |
 Indonesia |
8.8 million |
8.0 million |
9.4 |
5.2 |
| 8 |
 Taiwan |
8.0 million |
7.3 million |
9.6 |
20.1 |
| 9 |
 Vietnam |
7.5 million |
6.8 million |
10.6 |
9.5 |
| 10 |
 India |
6.8 million |
6.5 million |
4.1 |
4.3 |
I'm not sure tourism is the most important priority for India.....though I would definitely say Swatch Bharat is.
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Modi effect: India gets highest tourists from Bangladesh, followed by US and UK
By Times of India
The success of the PM Narendra Modi's Bangladesh visit, where he deliberated on a host of issues with his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina
also reflected in the share of foreign tourist arrivals with the
highest percentage of tourists arriving from Bangladesh (19.32%) in May
2015.
Apart from this, the Foreign Exchange Earnings (FEEs)
from tourism (in US$) also registered a growth of 15% in May 2015 over
May 2014, as compared to 0.2% (growth) in May 2014 over May 2013.
According to the union ministry of tourism's monthly estimates of
Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) on the basis of nationality-wise and
port-wise data received from Bureau of Immigration (BOI) and Foreign
Exchange Earnings (FEEs) from tourism (on the basis of data available
from Reserve Bank of India), the percentage share of Foreign Tourist
Arrivals (FTAs) in India during May 2015 among the top 15 source
countries was highest from Bangladesh (19.32%).
This was followed by USA (16.99%), UK (7.79%), Malaysia (3.59%), Sri
Lanka (3.54%), Japan (2.78%), Australia (2.66%), Canada (2.63%), Germany
(2.59%), China (2.56%), Nepal (2.52%), Singapore (2.36%), France
(2.16%), Pakistan (1.84%) and Oman (1.66%). Interestingly, these top 15
countries account for 74.99% of total FTAs during May 2015.
As
per the data compiled, FTAs during May 2015 were 5.11 lakh as compared
to FTAs of 4.68 lakh during May 2014 and 4.17 lakh in May 2013. There
has been a growth of 9.2% in May 2015 over May 2014.
The FTAs
during the period January to May 2015 were 33.32 lakh with a growth of
3.6%, as compared to 32.15 lakh in the previous year.
The
percentage share of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India during May
2015 among the top 15 ports was highest at Delhi Airport (26.06%)
followed by Mumbai Airport (17.88%), Haridaspur Land check post
(10.95%), Chennai Airport (9.83%), Bengaluru Airport (7.24%), Cochin
Airport (4.06%), Hyderabad Airport (4.05%), Kolkata Airport (3.97%),
Gede Rail (2.27%), Trivandrum Airport (1.81%), Tiruchirapalli Airport
(1.58%), Ahmedabad Airport (1.54%), Ghojadanga Airport (1.29%), Attari
Wagha (1.08%) and Goa Airport (0.67%). These top 15 ports accounted for
94.28% of total FTAs during May 2015.
As far as Foreign
Exchange Earnings (FEEs) are concerned, FEEs during May 2015 were Rs
8,877 crore as compared to Rs 7,184 crore in May 2014 and Rs 6,627 crore
in May 2013. The growth rate in FEEs in rupee terms during May 2015
over May 2014 was 23.6% as compared to 8.4% in May 2014 over May 2013.
FEEs from tourism in the period from January to May 2015 were Rs 51,351
crore with a growth of 6.3% as compared to the FEE of Rs 48,302 crore
with a growth of 8.7% during January- May 2014 over January- May 2013.
(FEEs in US$ during the month of May 2015 were US$ 1.392 billion as
compared to FEEs of US$ 1.210 billion during the month of May 2014 and
US$ 1.207 billion in May 2013).
The FEEs from tourism in US$
terms during January to May 2015 were US$ 8.207 billion with a growth of
4% as compared to the US$ 7.894 billion with a decline of 3.5% during
January- May 2014 over January- May 2013.
