India registers record foreign tourist arrivals in 2006

India achieved a significant growth in terms of foreign tourist arrivals during the year 2006. From 3.92 million registered arrival in

2005, it has increaed to 4.43 million in 2006, an increase of 14.2 per cent. Foreign exchange earnings from tourism have also shown a phenomenal growth from US$5730.86 million in 2005 to US$ 6569.34 million in 2006, achieving an increase of 14.6 per cent.