By KUNA
New Delhi : India has witnessed a remarkable growth in the tourism sector especially in terms of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTA) and Foreign Exchange Earnings (FEE) in 2007. The estimated number of FTA in 2007 touched five million as compared to 4.
45 million in 2006 registering a growth rate of over 12 per cent in 2007 over 2006, an Indian Tourism Ministry statement said here Monday. The estimated FEE during 2007 was 11.96 billion usd as compared to 8.93 billion usd in 2006. The growth rate in FEE in 2007 over 2006 is 33.8 per cent as compared to the growth rate of 19.2 per cent in 2006 over 2005, the statement added. The impressive performance of the tourism sector is a result of the positive image created about the country through successful branding of — ‘Incredible India’. “The promotional campaigns run by the Tourism Ministry have led to immense interest in India as a tourist destination,” the statement added India has been awarded Favourite Country of the Year in the Conde Nast Traveller Readers Travel Awards-2007- a renowned magazine in the travel trade.