By IANS,
New Delhi : A total of 5.58 million foreign tourists visited India in 2010, a 9.3 percent rise over the previous year.
In December alone, the tourist arrivals totalled 6.55 lakh, marginally better than the 6.46 lakh of December 2009, the tourism ministry said Thursday.
The statement, however, added that the tourist arrivals in December was lower than the previous month mainly because of flight disturbances in Europe and other countries.
The foreign exchange earnings from tourism in 2010 was $14,193 million. In 2009, this was $11,394 million, the statement said.
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