The yearly estimate of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) for the year 2014 stands provisionally revised to 7.70 million during 2014 with a growth rate of 10.6% over FTAs of 6.97 million during 2013.

As against the growth rate of 4.7% in the International Tourist Arrivals (ITAs) during 2014, (as per UNWTO barometer, January 2015) India has recorded more than double the growth rate during the same period.

The ministry of tourism compiles provisional monthly estimates of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) and arrives at the yearly estimated number of the FTAs.