There has been a 10.4 percent increase in foreign tourist arrivals to India during the nine months ended September this year at 3.87 million compared with the same period in the previous year.
The latest data released by the Government recently shows that foreign exchange earnings from the tourism sector have reached Rs 36,464 crore during the first nine months, which is an increase of 17.8 percent over what the country earned during the same period in the previous year.