SWINE flu has hit tourist arrivals in India, new figures have shown.
India received 4,48,493 foreign tourists in October this year as against 4,52,566 in the same period last year, a 0.9 per cent decrease.
A total of 4,023,088 foreign tourists visited the country between January and October this year as against 4,323,729 last year.
Attributing the dip in numbers to the swine flu scare, tourism minister Kumari Selja said, “Tourist arrivals are witnessing a downturn due to the swine flu scare. However, our forex earnings are going up these days.”
There is a 13.1 per cent growth in foreign exchange earnings in October as compared to the corresponding period last year.
