A high and positive growth of 12.5% was registered in Foreign Tourist Visits to Northern Eastern States of India during 2012 over 2011, which further rose by more than 100% to register a growth of 27.9% during 2013 over 2012.
Among the North Eastern States, highest growth in FTVs during 2013 over 2012 was observed in Manipur (154.7%) followed by Arunachal Pradesh (111.2%), Tripura (51.2%), Nagaland (32.7%), Meghalaya (27.5%), Sikkim (19.7%) , Mizoram ( 7.5%) and Assam (0.5%).
Number of Foreign Tourist Visits (FTVs) to NE States*
| |||||||
S. No.
|
State/ UT
|
2011
|
2012
|
2013
|
Growth Rate12/11
|
Growth Rate13/12
| |
| FTVs | FTVs | FTVs | |||||
1
| Arunachal Pradesh |
4753
|
5135
|
10846
|
8.0
|
111.2
| |
2
| Assam |
16400
|
17543
|
17638
|
7.0
|
0.5
| |
3
| Manipur |
578
|
749
|
1908
|
29.6
|
154.7
| |
4
| Meghalaya |
4803
|
5313
|
6773
|
10.6
|
27.5
| |
5
| Mizoram |
658
|
744
|
800
|
13.1
|
7.5
| |
6
| Nagaland |
2080
|
2489
|
3304
|
19.7
|
32.7
| |
7
| Sikkim |
23602
|
26489
|
31698
|
12.2
|
19.7
| |
8
| Tripura |
6046
|
7840
|
11853
|
29.7
|
51.2
| |
| Total ofNE States |
58920
|
66302
|
84820
|
12.5
|
27.9
| ||
