Indian arrivals edge higher in February

International visitor arrivals to India continued to climb in February 2015, but at a slower rate than in previous months.

The country welcomed a total of 761,000 overseas visitors last month, just 0.5% higher than the 758,000 arrivals seen in February 2014. This compares to a growth rate of 4.0% in January 2015 and a revised full-year increase of 10.6% in 2014.

The US accounted for 13.4% of total overseas arrivals to India in February 2015, making it the country’s largest source market. The UK (13.2% of the total) was second, with Bangladesh (11.3%), Canada (4.5%), France (3.7%), Germany (3.6%), Sri Lanka (3.5%), Malaysia (3.3%), Russia (3.0%) and Japan (2.7%) completing the top 10.

In US dollar terms, India’s international tourism revenues reached US$1.78 billion in last month.

Once again, Delhi and Mumbai airports welcomed the higher numbers of inbound visitors in February. Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport handled 33.0% of the total monthly arrivals, while by Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport accounted for 18.5%.

Chennai, (7.6%), Bengaluru (5.5%) and Goa airports (4.1%) were the next busiest, while Haridaspur land-crossing with Bangladesh processed 5.6% of incoming visitors.

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