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India's Jan to Oct tourist arrivals down 2.2%

The number of foreign tourists who arrived in India in the first 10 months of 2001 fell by 2.2 per cent over the year-earlier period, a government statement said on Tuesday.

The statement said a total of 2.02 million tourists visited India during the first 10 months compared with 2.06 million in the year-ago period.

The number of tourists in October alone fell to 161,378 from 226,531, the statement said.

Foreign exchange earnings from tourist arrivals between January and October fell 0.9 per cent to $2.530 billion from $2.552 billion in the year-ago period.

Some 2.62 million foreign tourists visited India in 2000, up 5.7 per cent from 2.48 million in 1999.

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