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Tourists had a field day during Games
January 17, 2011
Kumar Shakti Shekhar, New Delhi:
Despite numerous allegations of corruption in Commonwealth Games projects and apprehensions of a terrorist attack, the number of tourists — both foreign and domestic — to Delhi saw a steep increase in October, when the Games took place. The tourists inflow went up in November as well.
The number of foreign tourists saw a decline in June and September last year. However, it rose in October and further increased in November last year. As far as Indian tourists are concerned, their number kept consistently dipping from June to August and marginally increased in September.
When it comes to Delhi’s monuments, foreign and Indian tourists seem to have their own preferences.
According to figures of tourists who bought tickets to see Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) monuments in Delhi, Qutab Minar saw the maximum number of foreign tourists (34,317), followed by Humayun’s Tomb (25,359) and Red Fort (15,803) in November 2010.
For Indian tourists too, Qutub Minar was a favourite destination — with 2.28 lakh visitors — followed by Red Fort (2.15 lakh visitors) and Purana Qila (43,996 visitors) in the same month.
Preferences of both foreign and Indian tourists were different in November 2009. Though Qutab Minar had seen the maximum number of foreign tourists, Red Fort was their second choice, followed by Purana Qila. For Indian tourists though, Red Fort was the most preferred monument, followed by Qutab Minar and Purana Qila.
On the basis of data received from major airports, last November also saw a significant leap in the Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) and Foreign Exchange Earnings (FEEs) from tourism. According to data available with the Tourism Ministry, FTAs in November 2010 were 6.06 lakh as compared to FTAs of 5.28 lakh November 2009 and 5.32 lakh in November 2008.
There has been a growth of 14.7 per cent in November 2010 over November 2009 as compared to a decline of 0.6 per cent registered in November 2009 over November 2008. Delhi airport registered an increase of 18.5 per cent FTAs in November 2010 as compared to the growth rate of 5.1 per cent in the month of October 2010 over the corresponding period of 2009.
As far as FEEs are concerned, in November 2010 they were Rs 6516 crore as compared to Rs 5523 crore in November 2009 and Rs 4935 crore in November 2008. The growth rate in FEEs in rupee terms in November 2010 over November 2009 was per cent as compared to growth rate of 11.9 per cent in November 2009 over November 2008.
Tourists had a field day during Games
http://www.dailypioneer.com/311165/Tourists-had-a-field-day-during-Games.html
17 January 2011
http://www.dailypioneer.com/311165/Tourists-had-a-field-day-during-Games.html
17 January 2011
Kumar Shakti Shekhar, New Delhi:
Despite numerous allegations of corruption in Commonwealth Games projects and apprehensions of a terrorist attack, the number of tourists — both foreign and domestic — to Delhi saw a steep increase in October, when the Games took place. The tourists inflow went up in November as well.
The number of foreign tourists saw a decline in June and September last year. However, it rose in October and further increased in November last year. As far as Indian tourists are concerned, their number kept consistently dipping from June to August and marginally increased in September.
When it comes to Delhi’s monuments, foreign and Indian tourists seem to have their own preferences.
According to figures of tourists who bought tickets to see Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) monuments in Delhi, Qutab Minar saw the maximum number of foreign tourists (34,317), followed by Humayun’s Tomb (25,359) and Red Fort (15,803) in November 2010.
For Indian tourists too, Qutub Minar was a favourite destination — with 2.28 lakh visitors — followed by Red Fort (2.15 lakh visitors) and Purana Qila (43,996 visitors) in the same month.
Preferences of both foreign and Indian tourists were different in November 2009. Though Qutab Minar had seen the maximum number of foreign tourists, Red Fort was their second choice, followed by Purana Qila. For Indian tourists though, Red Fort was the most preferred monument, followed by Qutab Minar and Purana Qila.
On the basis of data received from major airports, last November also saw a significant leap in the Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) and Foreign Exchange Earnings (FEEs) from tourism. According to data available with the Tourism Ministry, FTAs in November 2010 were 6.06 lakh as compared to FTAs of 5.28 lakh November 2009 and 5.32 lakh in November 2008.
There has been a growth of 14.7 per cent in November 2010 over November 2009 as compared to a decline of 0.6 per cent registered in November 2009 over November 2008. Delhi airport registered an increase of 18.5 per cent FTAs in November 2010 as compared to the growth rate of 5.1 per cent in the month of October 2010 over the corresponding period of 2009.
As far as FEEs are concerned, in November 2010 they were Rs 6516 crore as compared to Rs 5523 crore in November 2009 and Rs 4935 crore in November 2008. The growth rate in FEEs in rupee terms in November 2010 over November 2009 was per cent as compared to growth rate of 11.9 per cent in November 2009 over November 2008.