Most tourists to India in April came from.. Bangladesh!
The highest numbers of tourists in India in the month of April came from Bangladesh, the government said on Wednesday.
It further said that the growth of foreign tourists stood at 10.7% in the given month as against same period of last year. The data showed that nearly 6 lakh tourists visited India in the month of April 2016, as against 5.42 lakh during the month of April, 2015 and 5.35 lakh in April, 2014.
The US and UK occupied the second and third spot, respectively, the data showed.
The report said that the growth rate of Foreign Exchange Earnings (FEE) from these tourists has also increased by 15.4% since last year. As FEEs during the month of April, 2016 were Rs. 11,637 crore as compared to Rs. 10,091 crore in April, 2015 and Rs. 9,179 crore in April, 2014.
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