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NEW DELHI: Notwithstanding the economic recession and Mumbai terror attacks, the foreign exchange earnings from tourism sector have crossed Rs 50,000 crores in 2008.

“Our forex earnings have touched Rs 50,730 crores mark as against Rs 44,260 crores in 2007 thereby registering a 14 per cent growth,” Tourism Joint Secretary Ms Leena Nandan said here on Friday.

She was speaking at a seminar “The Great Indian Travel Bazaar 2009” organised by the FICCI. However, the foreign tourist arrivals have shown a downturn in December 2008. While 5.96 lakh tourists had come to India in December 2007, the arrival was only 5. 22 lakh in December 2008.

Though the December arrival figure is less than the previous year, overall arrival figure for the whole year has shown a 6 per cent growth, said Ms Nandan. The total number of foreign tourism arrivals (FTA) in 2008 is 5.37 million while in 2007 the numbe r was 5.08 million.

The growth in FTA is 6 per cent in comparision to the last year. Ms Nandan said a concerted effort is being undertaken by the ministry in collaboration with all stakeholders of the tourism sector. Hoping to achieve the target of 10 million tourist arriva l in 2010, she said Indian tourism products have come of age and “we have launched an aggressive campaign on various mediums to showcase our products globally”.

Rajasthan is organising The Great Indian Travel Bazaar 2009 in Jaipur in April. - PTI

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