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41. TOURISM
41.1 Indian Tourism 611
41.2 Tourist Arrivals in Tamil Nadu 612
41.3 Number of Tourist Arrivals (Centre wise) in Tamil Nadu 613
41.4 Nationality wise Tourist Arrivals in Chennai 614
and Tiruchirapalli Airports
41.5 Foreign Tourist Arrivals to India and the Percentage 614
share of Tamil Nadu
41.6 Foreign Tourist Arrivals in Chennai and 614
Tiruchirapalli Airports only
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41. TOURISM

41.1 INDIAN TOURISM

2014 2015

Foreign Tourist arrivals in India 7.68 8.03

(in Million)

World Tourist arrivals (in Million) 1135 1184

(provisional)

Percentage share of India in World 0.68 0.68

Tourist arrivals during the period

World Tourism Receipts (Excluding 1245 1232

Fare receipts) (US $ Billion) (provisional)

Estimated Foreign exchange receipts of (#2) 20.24 --

India during the period (in US $ Billion)

Percentage share of India in World 1.58 1.71

Tourism receipts

Estimated number of Domestic Tourist 1282 --

movement in the country during the
period (in million)

Estimated direct employment in Tourism -- --

( For every one lakh Rupees )

(#) : Advance Estimates

(#2) : Revised Estimates (based on final Foreign Tourist Arrivals received from
Bureau of Immigration)

Source: India Tourism Statistics 2014,Ministry of Tourism, Government of India.

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41.2 TOURIST ARRIVALS IN TAMIL NADU

(in Nos.)

Year Domestic Foreign Total

2001 23812043 773073 24585116

2002 24661754 804641 25466395

2003 27059002 901504 27960506

2004 30076832 1058012 31134844

2005 32339478 1179319 33518787

2006 39214721 1335661 40550382

2007 50647188 1753103 52400291

2008 62618252 2040419 64658671

2009 78037607 2369050 80406657

2010 103010435 2804504 105814939

2011 136750750 3308438 140059188

2012 184136840 3561740 187698580

2013 244232487 3990490 248222977

2014 327555233 4657630 332212863

2015 333459047 4684707 338143754

Source: Commissioner of Tourism, Chennai-2

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41.3 NUMBER OF TOURIST ARRIVALS ( CENTRE WISE )

IN TAMIL NADU 2015

Destination Domestic Foreign Total

1. Chennai 35662677 1011275 36673952
2. Elagiri 3333700 8250 3341950
3. Mamallapuram 13298023 651190 13949213
4. Kancheepuram 15213026 344904 15557930
5. Tiruttani 5180442 4179 5184621
6. Chidambaram 7088338 30137 7118475
7. Pitchavaram 618655 4254 622909
8. Udhagamandalam 17310810 282266 17593076
9. Coonoor 2301079 27824 2328903
10. Mudumalai 1135370 21514 1156884
11. Thanjavur 12905813 255717 13161530
12. Velankanni 6906293 61883 6968176
13. Nagore 5002413 16218 5018631
14. Poompuhar 2371438 11411 2382849
15. Madurai 20554380 281560 20835940
16. Kodaikanal 12573920 213298 12787218
17. Palani 12568578 93861 12662439
18. Rameswaram 22863967 122390 22986357
19. Courtallam 9200464 51612 9252076
20. Panchalankurichi 397866 1395 399261
21. Kanniyakumari 18491540 410128 18901668
22. Tiruchirappalli 11720179 297557 12017736
23. Salem 13175413 20548 13195961
24. Yercaud 9044136 20815 9064951
25. Hogenakkal 14552750 25901 14578651
26. Tiruchendur 17940441 93948 18034389
27. Coimbatore 14106492 65137 14171629
28. Kumbakonam 10297480 91717 10389197
29. Tiruvannamalai 17643364 163818 17807182
GRAND TOTAL 333459047 4684707 338143754

Source: Commissioner of Tourism, Chennai-2

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41.4 NATIONALITY-WISE TOURIST ARRIVALS IN
CHENNAI AND TIRUCHIRAPPALLI AIRPORTS 2014 & 2015

Chennai Tiruchirappalli
Country
2013 2014 2013 2014
U.S.A 120577 101686 444 619
Canada 8273 12031 451 457
France 10937 24757 243 283
Germany 7082 11867 184 252
Italy 3836 5317 33 31
U.K. 105102 74789 1244 1370
Sri Lanka 110366 107296 18775 20908
Malaysia 121437 90348 49920 73438
Singapoe 50519 44171 12900 14784
Japan 4678 10285 68 164
Australia 13833 15930 1015 1501
Others 81943 129682 1240 1819
TOTAL 638583 628159 86517 115626

Source: Commissioner of Tourism, Chennai-2

41.5 FOREIGN TOURISTS ARRIVALS TO INDIA AND

THE PERCENTAGE SHARE OF TAMIL NADU

2015 (in
Items 2012 2013 2014
million)

All India 18263074 19951026 22567650 8.03

Tamil Nadu 3561740 3990490 4657630 4.68

% Share 19.5 20.0 20.6 58.3

Source: Commissioner of Tourism, Chennai-2

41.6 FOREIGN TOURISTS ARRIVALS IN CHENNAI AND

TIRUCHIRAPPALLI AIRPORTS ONLY
Airport 2012 2013 2014 2015
682452
Chennai 663656 638583 628158

Tiruchirappalli 79696 86517 115626 120868

Madurai 82844 80106 13107 21344

Coimbatore 5849 6425 10379 41288

TOTAL 832045 811631 767270 865952

* Ministry of Tourism publication ‘India Tourism Statistics 2014’ yet to be released

Source: Commissioner of Tourism, Chennai-2