Domestic Travel
1. Indians did not travel for leisure or fun as most of them toured to meet social or religious obligations. Visits for the social purpose accounted for 75% of overnight trips in rural India, and 71% in urban areas.
2. Around 9% of overnight trips were due to pilgrimage for rural folks. While, the corresponding figure for the urban population is 12%.
3. Holidaying, leisure and recreation was a privilege for only 5% and 2% of urban and rural populace, respectively, says the survey.
4. Trips on social purpose — for both rural and urban population — accounted for about 43% of all their expenditures. Journey for health and medical grounds had a share of 30% spending for the rural population, and 15% for the urban. Religious and pilgrimage trips cost about 11% in the rural sector and about 14% in the urban.
5. Urban India spent Rs 989 and rural population Rs 466 per trip during 2008-09. On an average, an urban Indian spent Rs 700 per day on a religious visit as compared to Rs 350 in rural areas. The maximum expenditure was on travel followed by shopping, eating and accommodation.
6. 72% of Indians travel to meet friends and family at least once a year. And, the average period of these visits is three to four days. Interestingly, in case of 85% of rural and 80% of urban travellers, the visitors stayed with friends and relatives for the major part of their stay.
7. Only 42% of the population travel once every year overnight for various reasons, with Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh being exceptions. In J&K, overnight travellers were 84% of the population, and in Himachal they were 77%. The states, where average overnight travel was higher than the national average, were Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
8. Overnight travel among residents of most north-eastern states was found to be the lowest among all Indians. The share of transport in expenditure was 20% in rural areas, but as much as 33% in urban India. The share of shopping was 30% in rural India, and 25% in urban India.
Source: http://mospi.nic.in/Mospi_New/upload/press_note_536_20oct10.pdf
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Only-5-of-Indians-in-cities-holiday-for-leisure-Survey-/articleshow/6801113.cms
Foreign
Tourist Arrivals (FTAS) and Foreign Exchange Earnings (FEE) from
tourism in India during 2008 and comparative figures of 2006 and 2007
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Foreign Tourist Arrivals |
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Month |
Foreign Tourist Arrivals (Nos.) |
Percentage Change |
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2006 |
2007 @ |
2008 @ |
2007/2006 |
2008/2007 |
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January |
459489 |
532088 |
584765 |
15.8% |
9.9% |
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February |
439090 |
498806 |
560658 |
13.6% |
12.4% |
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March |
391009 |
444186 |
509926 |
13.6% |
14.8% |
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April |
309208 |
333945 |
369677 |
8.0% |
10.7% |
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May |
255008 |
267758 |
290785 |
5.0% |
8.6% |
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Total |
1853804 |
2076783 |
2315811 |
12.0% |
11.5% |
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Foreign Exchange Earnings in Rs. |
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Month |
Foreign Exchange Earnings (in Rs. Crore) |
Percentage Change |
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2006 |
2007** |
2008# |
2007/2006 |
2008/2007 |
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January |
3970 |
4777 |
5642 |
20.3% |
18.1% |
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February |
3793 |
4478 |
5431 |
18.1% |
21.3% |
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March |
3378 |
3988 |
4968 |
18.1% |
24.6% |
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April |
2850 |
3154 |
3271 |
10.7% |
3.7% |
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May |
2350 |
2528 |
2651 |
7.6% |
4.9% |
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Total |
16341 |
18925 |
21963 |
15.8% |
16.1% |
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Foreign Exchange Earnings in US$ million |
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Month |
Foreign Exchange Earnings (in US$ million) |
Percentage Change |
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2006 |
2007** |
2008# |
2007/2006 |
2008/2007 |
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January |
894 |
1081 |
1433 |
20.9% |
32.6% |
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February |
854 |
1014 |
1368 |
18.7% |
34.9% |
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March |
761 |
903 |
1231 |
18.7% |
36.3% |
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April |
627 |
765 |
817 |
22.0% |
6.8% |
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May |
517 |
613 |
630 |
18.6% |
2.8% |
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Total |
3653 |
4376 |
5479 |
19.8% |
25.2% |
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@ Provisional Estimates ** Partially Revised
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Figures for January – June 2007 have been revised based on the |
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Domestic passengers carried by Indian scheduled airlines April 2008
The total domestic passengers carried by the Scheduled Airlines of India during the month of April, 2008 was 38.92 lakhs. The break-up is as follows:
Air India (Domestic) – 5.86 lakhs,
Jet Airways – 8.39 lakhs,
Jet Lite – 3.11 lakhs,
Deccan – 5.30 lakhs,
Kingfisher – 5.58 lakhs,
Spice Jet – 3.94 lakhs,
Paramount – 0.48 lakhs,
Go Air – 1.80 lakhs,
IndiGo – 4.46 lakhs.
The domestic passengers carried by the Scheduled Airlines of India in April, 2007 was 35.82 lakhs of which Air India (Domestic) carried 7.81 lakhs whereas the private airlines carried 28.01 lakhs.
The percentage share of the carriers in the month of April, 2008 was:
Air India (Domestic) – 15.1%,
Jet Airways – 21.6%,
Jet Lite – 8.0%,
Deccan – 13.6%,
Kingfisher – 14.3%,
Spice Jet – 10.1%,
Paramount – 1.2%,
Go Air – 4.6 % and
IndiGo – 11.5%.