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India earns Rs 14,319 cr foreign exchange through tourism in July

New Delhi, Aug 19 (UNI) India has witnessed a 17.1 per cent growth in total foreign tourist arrivals (FTAs) at 7.36 lakh in July this year as compared to 6.28 lakh over the corresponding month last fiscal.
The country also earned Rs 14,319 crore foreign exchange in the said month, the Tourism Ministry said in a statement here.
As many as 17.1 per cent growth in FTAs in July 2016 over the same period in 2015. Bangladesh accounts for highest share of tourist arrivals followed by the US and the UK in July 2016.
Since the beginning of this year till July, FTAs were recorded at 49.22 lakh with a growth of 10 per cent as compared to the FTAs of 44.73 lakh with over the corresponding period last year.
The percentage share of FTAs in the country during July, 2016 among the top ports was highest at Delhi airport (26.22 per cent) followed by Mumbai airport (17.04 per cent), Chennai airport(10.11 per cent), Haridaspur Land check post (9.82 per cent), Bengaluru airport (7.31 per cent), Cochin airport (5.14 per cent), Hyderabad airport (5.04 per cent) and Kolkata airport (4.20 per cent).
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