{"id":31347,"date":"2013-01-01T11:08:05","date_gmt":"2013-01-01T09:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=31347"},"modified":"2013-01-01T11:08:05","modified_gmt":"2013-01-01T09:08:05","slug":"over-6-million-tourists-visited-india-in-2012-foreign-exchange-earnings-up-31347","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/over-6-million-tourists-visited-india-in-2012-foreign-exchange-earnings-up-31347\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 6 million tourists visited India in 2012, foreign exchange earnings up"},"content":{"rendered":"
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According to Indian government, over six million tourists visited the country in 2012 and country\u2019s foreign exchange earnings from tourism sector went up.<\/h1>\n

New Delhi, Jan 1\/Nationalturk \u2013 Over six million tourists visited India in 2012 and country\u2019s foreign exchange earnings from tourism sector went up by 22.1 per cent over the same period in 2011.<\/p>\n

An official spokesman said despite negative signals from global economy, the number of foreign tourist arrivals in India in 2012 showed an increase of about 6 % over the same period of 2011. \u201cDuring the period January- November 2012, about six million tourists visited India against 5.7 million tourists in 2011\u201d.<\/p>\n

He said the foreign exchange earnings from tourism in rupee (Indian currency) during\u00a0 2012 ( up to November) was Rs.83,938 crores. \u201cIt was up by 22.1% over the same period in 2011.The foreign exchange earnings during 2011 was Rs.68,721 crores\u201d.<\/p>\n

The spokesman said India signed an MoU with and ASEAN in 2012, which would serve as the key instrument for more action oriented cooperation, encouraging both parties to cooperate in facilitating travel and tourist visit and further strengthening the close tourism partnership.<\/p>\n

Road shows conducted in Saudi Arabia<\/h2>\n

The official spokesman said Ministry of Tourism with the objective to tap the high end touristsfrom\u00a0 Saudi Arabia\u00a0 organised Tourism Road Shows in the cities of Dammam, Riyadh and Jeddah in 2012.<\/p>\n

He said \u00a0India is fast emerging as a preferred destination for the Saudi tourists. \u00a0\u201cDuring 2010 there has been an increase of nearly 38% in the inbound tourism from Saudi Arabia to India with around twenty two thousand tourists.\u201d<\/p>\n

Two new campaigns launched<\/h3>\n

The spokesman said India Tourism\u00a0 launched two new campaigns : an International Campaign called \u2018Find What You Seek\u2019 and a Domestic Campaign called \u2018Go Beyond\u2019. \u201cThese campaigns where launched at the recently concluded \u201cWorld Travel Market-2012\u201d, which was held at London. The launch of these campaigns reflects a very important paradigm shift in our strategy to promote India within the country and abroad. The \u2018Go Beyond\u2019 campaign focuses on promoting lesser known destinations to domestic as well as international tourists,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Visa on Arrival (VoA) Scheme of the government has become popular with the tourists. The scheme registered a growth of 25% during the period January-November 2012 over the corresponding period of 2011. A total number of 13,903 VoAs were issued during the period January-November 2012 as compared to 11,121 VoAs issued during the corresponding period of 2011,\u201d the spokesman said .<\/p>\n

He said highest number of 3913 VoAs were issued to tourists from Japan followed by New Zealand (2645) and Philippines ( 2205).<\/p>\n

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