Flow of Foreign Tourists to Indian North East States on Upward Trend

Posted on 07 Aug 2014

The flow of foreign tourists to the Indian north eastern states has been on an upward trend since 2011 and the
growth rate in 2013 was more than double compared to 2012, according to Tourism Ministry data.

A jump of 12.5 per cent was registered in foreign tourist visits (FTVs) to the northeast in 2012 as against 2011, which further rose by more than 100 per cent to register a growth of 27.9 per cent during 2013 in comparison to 2012, the data states.
There were a total of 58,920 FTVsto the northeastern states in 2011 with the figure going up to 66,302 in 2012. That
number further increased to 84,820 in 2013.

In Assam, there were 16,400 FTVs in 2011 and the number rose to 17,543 in 2012. The following year, 2013, saw the
figure rise to 17,638.

According to the data, Sikkim drew 31,698 FTVs in 2013 as against 26,489 in 2012. There were 23,602 FTVs in
Sikkim in 2011

Source: Ministry of Tourism, Press release