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Statistics for Planning 2009

Department of Economics and Statistics 489

TOURISM

Indias most idyllic State, Kerala better known as Gods Own country is today one

of the most sought after and most trusted tourist destination in Asia. Apart from being a

tourist destination, Kerala is also Indias most advanced society. 100% literate, the state

has Indias highest density of Science and technology personnel, Indias highest life

expectancy and lowest infant mortality rates and is Indias cleanest, most peaceful state.

Kerala, a state situated on the Tropical Malabar Coast of south western India, is

one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country. Named as one of the Ten

Paradises of the world by the National Geographic Traveler, Kerala is famous especially for

its ecotourism initiatives. Its unique culture and traditions, coupled with its varied

demography, has made Kerala one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world.

Popular attractions in the state include the beaches at Kovalam, Cherai andVarkala, the hill stations of Munnar, Nelliampathi, ponmudi and Wayanad and National Parks

and Wild life Sanctuaries at Periyar and Eravikulam. The back waters region center on

Allappuzha, Kumarakom and Punnamada also see heavy tourist traffic. There are Heritage

sites, such as the Padmanabhapuram palace, Hill Palace, Mattancherry palace. Cities such

as Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram are popular centers for shopping, traditional theatrical

performances.

This chapter covers data pertaining to international and national tourist inflow,

the key markets trends in tourist arrival and earning from tourist. It will provide important

information to Planners; research Scholars, Academicians and the Stakeholders of Tourism

Industry. Kerala achieves highest growth rate in tourist arrivals. The number of foreign

tourist arrived in Kerala in the year 2007 is 515808 against 428534 in 2006. It shows an

increase of 20.37% over the previous year. During the last year Kerala has contributed

10.36% of the total foreign tourist arrivals to India.

This chapter gives the details of foreign tourist arrival and Domestic Tourist

arrival to Kerala during 1980 to 2007. Nationality wise statistics of foreign tourists and

District wise, month wise arrivals of foreign and domestic tourists are entered for

2004,2005, 2006. Foreign exchange earnings, total revenue including direct and indirect

from Tourism from 2002 to 2006 are given in table. It is clear from the table that Tourism

shows an increasing trend over the years.

U.K. Maldives, Germany and France together contribute to more than 50% of

foreign tourist arrivals to Kerala. About two third of foreign tourist come to Kerala by Road

and Rail, after entering India through Other States.

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10.3 Number of Foreign Tourists visited Kerala by Air, Ship and Other modes

from 1996 to 2003

YearMode of Arrivals

TotalAir Ship

Others (Roads &Rail)

1996 58055 6906 111894 1768551997 64898 5217 112312 1824271998 68909 6656 114376 189941

1999 62899 7402 131872 2021732000 64064 12160 133709 2099332001 64559 9218 135053 2088302002 66756 4761 161047 2325642003 79014 4781 210826 294621

10.4 State Plan allocation and Central Financial Assistance to Kerala Tourism

during the last five years

Year State Allocation ( in Crores )Central Allocation ( in

Crores )2000-01 46 5.93

2001-02 40 5.452002-03 80 9.112003-04 74.6 12.252004-05 79.6 21.99

10.5 Growth in accommodation facilities of classified hotels

from 2002-2005

Categoryof Hotel

Number of Hotels Number of Rooms

2002 2003 2004 2005 2002 2003 2004 2005

5 StarDeluxe

1 1 2 2 100 252 252 242

5 Star 6 7 7 8 469 469 469 557

4 Star 11 14 15 14 788 862 862 832

3 Star 23 4 61 98 1511 2059 2633 3033

2 Star 59 62 78 91 1930 2241 2518 2600

1 Star 28 28 31 26 783 852 852 652

Heritage 8 1 10 8 276 276 282 250

Total 142 162 235 247 5857 7011 7868 8166

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10.6 Nationality wise statistics of foreign tourists10.6 Nationality wise statistics of foreign tourists10.6 Nationality wise statistics of foreign tourists10.6 Nationality wise statistics of foreign tourists 2002200220022002

2002200220022002Sl.No

Nationality TVPM KLM PTA ALP KTM IDUKKI EKM TCR PKD MLPM KKD W

1 AUSTRALIA 991 257 2 587 280 616 2633 58 41 4 80 2 AUSTRIA 746 92 0 153 47 367 755 18 0 0 8 3 BAHRAIN 119 0 0 16 0 21 78 2 0 13 18

4 BANGALADESH 199 1 0 10 5 22 140 1 1 1 5 5 BELGIUM 590 152 8 172 276 632 1442 40 1 5 45

6 CANADA 944 279 18 387 152 426 1413 30 3 15 46

7CZECHOSLO-VAKIA

104 33 0 75 28 74 142 10 1 1 3

8 DENMARK 329 62 0 151 67 345 597 15 44 0 11 9 FRANCE 2699 980 42 2564 3610 4897 8987 237 45 21 332

10 GERMANY 4353 818 5 1315 2745 2213 5937 155 18 24 156 11 IRAN 208 2 0 11 20 53 87 27 1 1 9 12 ISRAEL 572 163 4 249 120 451 1500 20 8 12 41 13 ITALY 1826 222 1 494 1008 881 2618 41 20 15 82 14 JAPAN 1628 196 2 522 135 85 1897 78 8 1 50 15 KENYA 90 4 0 5 54 11 79 0 0 0 3

16 KOREA 185 97 0 114 31 74 850 34 5 3 13 17 KUWAIT 64 0 0 6 33 10 1985 0 0 4 47

18 MALAYSIA 669 59 3 59 50 150 911 97 25 17 53

19 MALDIVES1602

111 0 54 48 236 1754 52 24 15 17

20 MEXICO 61 9 0 6 10 18 78 1 0 0 1 21 NEPAL 172 11 0 7 4 0 59 7 0 3 8

22 NETHERLANDS 1218 372 1 346 324 642 2469 59 24 13 90

23 NEWZEALAND 281 127 0 108 54 147 403 6 2 2 17 24 OMAN 58 2 2 14 7 7 284 114 0 182 114

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Nationality TVPM KLM PTA ALP KTM IDUKKI EKM TCR PKD MLPM

25 PAKISTAN 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 10

26 PHILLIPPINES 31 0 1 2 20 3 150 4 0 0

27 QATAR 17 0 0 2 0 0 14 0 0 29

28 RUSSIA 212 1 0 11 16 22 227 8 2 3

29 SAUDI ARABIA 46 11 0 7 16 9 267 5 43 74

30 SINGAPORE 1171 175 0 35 136 297 2825 33 22 4

31 SOUTH AFRICA 200 26 0 81 131 52 884 9 5 4

32 SPAIN 467 155 0 268 401 608 1292 22 2 0

33 SRI LANKA 5295 323 2 628 883 305 5587 62 15 4

34 SWEEDEN 1095 170 0 269 98 288 1031 37 0 0

35 SWITZERLAND 2061 340 0 731 541 1274 2213 45 6 13

36 THAILAND 73 7 0 9 15 53 127 0 1 0

37 U.A.E 184 87 0 52 91 54 768 17 8 282

38 U.K 12559 1862 14 3694 3401 6336 15963 304 96 174

39 U.S.A 6073 1014 35 2668 3878 2364 15474 222 59 54

40 YUGOSLAVIA 70 0 0 4 15 21 7 2 0 0

41 OTHERS 1559 358 37 1375 1738 627 3427 107 81 45

Total Foreigners 65240 8478 177 17261 20488 24692 87357 1979 611 1048

Total Domestic 775225 91331 67514 139305 160269 366861 961820 1369419 266438 272911 4

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NATIONALITY TVPM KLM PTA ALP KTM IDK EKM TCR PKD MLPM

1 AUSTRALIA 2119 329 9 529 464 930 2326 77 12 25

2 AUSTRIA 913 192 1 350 257 490 977 28 4 13

3 BAHRAIN 844 7 0 14 66 39 190 2 0 19

4 BANGALADESH 392 4 0 11 63 50 146 0 8 2

5 BELGIUM 620 157 4 358 520 789 1520 40 14 14

6 BRAZIL 151 10 8 7 85 17 314 46 0 1

7 CANADA 1424 219 8 325 406 739 2170 124 9 22

8 CHINA 163 24 1 29 75 30 441 6 9 10

9 CZECHOSLOVAKIA 175 72 0 109 137 93 280 7 0 7

10 DENMARK 703 208 0 190 244 363 839 42 9 13

11 FRANCE 4270 992 60 3165 3068 6201 11213 301 58 130

12 GERMANY 5995 755 9 1826 1688 3024 7232 247 34 65

13 IRAN 136 75 0 114 78 69 258 5 5 3 14 ISRAEL 801 259 6 240 273 910 4955 22 0 19

15 ITALY 3475 291 1 669 844 1407 3329 74 24 13

16 JAPAN 2888 230 0 536 282 390 2846 39 68 38

17 KENYA 72 4 1 42 104 33 185 0 0 1

18 KOREA 598 87 2 139 92 84 687 4 3 5

19 KUWAIT 264 3 1 6 117 34 1819 2 0 9

20 MALAYSIA 1076 72 0 108 194 94 1117 141 66 21

21 MALDIVES 15401 58 0 127 67 18 637 5 0 1

22 MEXICO 87 18 0 45 90 55 415 1 0 6

23 NEPAL 296 15 0 14 81 36 95 0 0 3

24 NETHERLANDS 2674 392 2 514 660 1363 3402 90 37 11

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2003200320032003

NATIONALITY TVPM KLM PTA ALP KTM IDK EKM TCR PKD MLPM KKD

25 NEWZEALAND 368 121 4 100 243 245 769 17 4 4 26 OMAN 220 26 3 2 70 55 520 127 0 109 127 OTHERS 3594 586 32 9420 1335 1719 9443 120 35 52 228 PAKISTAN 11 0 0 0 0 0 25 1 0 6

29 PHILLIPPINES 205 0 1 11 77 18 256 3 0 2 30 QATAR 244 0 0 0 64 6 178 4 0 23

31 RUSSIA 666 34 2 117 208 160 769 33 1 9

32SAUDIARABIA

299 21 0 42 152 112 3213 12 18 164 1

33 SINGAPORE 2000 71 1 93 280 131 1544 65 17 20

34SOUTHAFRICA

519 64 4 224 262 155 1174 32 6 17

35 SPAIN 819 184 1 309 680 1175 2236 27 11 37 36 SRI LANKA 8784 69 1 100 125 95 795 65 5 18

37 SWEEDEN 1555 194 0 334 329 651 1396 47 0 1 38

SWITZERLAND

3352 356 9 807 1038 1433 2923 102 4 28

39 THAILAND 273 40 5 79 148 52 200 0 2 9

40 U.A.E 258 84 8 102 221 122 1329 59 5 232 441 U.K 16700 1911 40 3972 4196 6540 15495 456 145 142 342 U.S.A 9388 383 63 978 2491 1888 10032 185 48 78 143 YUGOSLAVIA 43 3 0 0 23 16 297 9 0 0

TOTALFOREIGNERS

94835 8620 287 26157 21897 31831 99987 2667 661 1402 35

TOTALDOMESTICS

865048 101890 68014 172119 162779 420960 1001938 1390491 271169 295102 4618

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2004200420042004

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NATIONALITYNUMBER OF TOURISTS

TVPM KLM PTA ALP KTM IDK EKM TCR PKD MLPM 1 AUSTRALIA 2424 339 25 826 662 2139 3319 67 17 23 2 AUSTRIA 879 108 1 352 249 803 996 23 0 6

3 BAHRAIN 243 6 0 25 19 85 471 8 2 14 4 BANGALADESH 281 4 0 159 29 57 311 2 195 28

5 BELGIUM 746 146 6 573 761 838 1527 26 14 65 6 BRAZIL 126 1 3 30 31 75 246 0 0 2 7 CANADA 1820 293 11 498 490 1059 2150 84 19 49 8 CHINA 205 19 0 11 54 159 432 14 13 2

9CZECHOSLO-VAKIA 99 17 1 177 19 56 119 4 1 1

10 DENMARK 803 253 2 272 120 567 904 39 8 13 11 FRANCE 4671 914 47 3866 4288 9290 12339 320 194 742

12 GERMANY 7091 835 17 2641 1694 4652 7242 328 43 178

13 IRAN 113 36 0 65 9 16 95 1 1 4 14 ISRAEL 710 132 4 299 278 981 3733 4 0 8 15 ITALY 3499 297 2 1069 1315 2485 3601 93 9 83 16 JAPAN 3731 342 0 375 244 308 2378 12 81 18 17 KENYA 153 0 0 86 11 40 153 2 0 24

18 KOREA 480 99 1 448 27 55 789 0 7 4

19 KUWAIT 668 0 0 30 34 27 994 0 1 66 20 MALAYSIA 730 8 0 78 76 83 1216 63 35 51 21 MALDIVES 24917 29 0 26 2 1 874 3 0 0 22 MEXICO 161 25 0 33 17 24 147 0 2 0 23 NEPAL 750 4 0 37 15 21 101 0 3 0

24 NETHERLANDS 2351 228 5 909 342 1448 3829 71 14 15

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2004200420042004

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NATIONALITYNUMBER OF TOURISTS

TVPM KLM PTA ALP KTM IDK EKM TCR PKD MLPM

25 NEWZEALAND 452 143 1 92 37 283 735 11 14 9 26 OMAN 232 6 0 30 46 37 583 364 0 141 27 PAKISTAN 19 1 0 6 2 0 37 0 0 0 28 PHILLIPPINES 351 1 0 46 4 11 209 7 1 3 29 QATAR 37 0 0 25 2 15 597 2 0 17 30 RUSSIA 856 17 0 155 98 187 618 12 0 0 31 SAUDI ARABIA 205 2 2 151 96 157 3109 3 16 176 32 SINGAPORE 940 63 4 108 146 205 1899 43 2 15 33 SOUTH AFRICA 707 25 0 324 275 142 2119 10 2 7

34 SPAIN 1111 339 13 330 1340 1392 2123 34 2 37 35 SRI LANKA 4945 99 2 80 119 106 1231 115 25 104 36 SWEEDEN 1716 240 5 353 314 956 1729 49 3 35 37 SWITZERLAND 2590 261 4 1082 978 1886 2548 80 8 33 38 THAILAND 232 8 1 120 8 48 141 4 0 11 39 U.A.E 267 3 1 64 191 376 1564 41 2 341 40 U.K 18578 2031 62 6457 4741 9706 18061 295 58 491 41 U.S.A 7065 544 96 2576 2327 3593 11517 340 126 150 42 YUGOSLAVIA 896 4 0 29 0 34 69 6 0 0 43 OTHERS 4708 320 14 13111 2007 1628 12489 78 29 163 TOTAL FOREIGNERS 103558 8242 330 38024 23517 46031 109344 2658 947 3129 TOTAL DOMESTIC 855787 100729 64640 185906 163084 482283 1043479 1378118 256015 297203 4

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2005200520052005

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NATIONALITYNUMBER OF FOREIGN TOURISTS

TVM KLM PTA ALP KTM EKM IDK TSR PKD MLPM WYD

1 AUSTRALIA 2375 335 9 752 525 3986 1404 82 16 82 49 2 AUSTRIA 1092 154 2 249 149 1062 507 12 3 34 4 3 BAHRAIN 849 0 2 34 28 2023 29 4 2 9 2 4 BENGLADESH 991 0 0 6 48 319 1 0 1 36 0 5 BELGIUM 854 96 2 436 607 1562 957 33 12 108 13

BRASIL 220 13 6 46 52 302 49 6 0 11 0 6 CANADA 1910 172 16 572 697 2408 1230 63 22 208 18

CHINA 361 19 0 92 113 716 61 29 14 12 2

7CZECHOSLO-VAKIA 111 4 1 72 18 44 45 8 0 0 2

1 DENMARK 819 159 0 242 69 863 631 28 7 87 22 9 FRANCE 4762 857 39 3079 2512 9530 5482 209 152 145 74 10 GERMANY 7524 624 31 1748 1434 6008 4281 292 47 84 135 11 IRAN 171 4 0 42 43 171 32 0 0 2 5 12 ISRAEL 494 98 13 179 171 1198 754 29 1 25 27

13 ITALY 3075 200 1 859 957 3050 1371 72 38 50 40 14 JAPAN 2542 142 0 383 208 2191 325 38 16 18 15 15 KENYA 129 2 3 37 13 93 90 15 0 304 3 16 KOREA 429 72 0 107 45 544 77 11 1 9 2 17 KUWAIT 688 2 0 34 64 908 39 169 0 56 0 18 MALAYSIA 855 61 13 110 68 1311 125 7 85 27 3 19 MALDIVES 31147 31 0 52 45 1445 13 0 6 3 0 20 MEXICO 86 3 0 21 12 74 28 2 0 0 0 21 NEPAL 662 5 0 22 8 56 13 81 3 0 0

22NETHER-LANDS 1329 274 4 569 361 3192 1228 1 14 47 50

23NEWZEA-LAND 463 74 4 107 101 807 563 25 5 8 10

24 OMAN 980 3 1 23 44 619 77 0 4 144 0

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NATIONALITYNUMBER OF FOREIGN TOURISTS

TVM KLM PTA ALP KTM EKM IDK TSR PKD MLPM WY

25 PAKISTAN 9 0 0 2 0 63 6 0 0 7 26 PHILLIPPINES 804 0 1 5 18 191 6 2 0 5 27 QATAR 94 0 0 7 4 2160 4 8 0 65 28 RUSSIA 3066 10 0 194 143 560 211 10 4 68

29SAUDIARABIA 200 3 0 82 116 3328 202 14 22 438

30 SINGAPORE 1012 7 0 103 212 1337 185 33 10 10

31SOUTHAFRICA 774 18 1 409 328 2072 267 85 13 9

32 SPAIN 705 214 8 235 770 1788 727 8 0 18 33 SRILANKA 2654 15 0 72 73 1451 95 83 9 61 34 SWEEDEN 1494 186 4 298 141 1242 927 47 6 17

35SWITZER-LAND 2574 242 11 942 828 2186 1467 78 21 35

36 THAILAND 265 2 0 24 7 178 9 8 3 20

37 U.A.E 277 10 0 76 162 1456 189 28 8 608 38 U.K. 25172 1874 51 5941 4849 18661 9954 341 65 1049 39 U.S.A. 6926 528 104 1593 2602 10273 3454 314 146 369 40 YUGOSLAVIA 69 0 0 3 8 12 6 1 0 1 41 OTHERS 8667 300 22 10425 1354 17439 2257 104 45 825

TOTALFOREIGNERS

119940 6813 349 30274 20017 108773 39378 2421 801 5115

TVM-THIRUVANANTHAPURAM; KLM - KOLLAM; PTA - PATHANAMTHITTA; KTM - KOTTAYAM; EKM - ERN

TSR - THRISSUR; PKD - PALAKKAD; MLPM - MALAPPURAM; WYD - WAYANAD; KZD - KOZHIKKODE; KNR

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10.7 District wise, month wise arrival of foreign and Domest10.7 District wise, month wise arrival of foreign and Domest10.7 District wise, month wise arrival of foreign and Domest10.7 District wise, month wise arrival of foreign and Domest

2004200420042004ForeignForeignForeignForeign

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 13166 10989 9584 7070 6024 5105 6388 7454 7250 6480

KOLLAM 1278 1150 911 469 328 206 416 610 440 524

PATHANAMTHITTA 40 53 34 15 21 31 23 11 23 18

ALAPPUZHA 5689 5667 4115 2796 1007 417 1000 4203 1809 2392

KOTTAYAM 3366 3717 2536 1453 767 356 612 1916 1318 1606

IDUKKI 7021 7726 3830 3079 889 595 1709 4087 2975 2710

ERNAKULAM 12875 12017 12387 7715 5103 4600 5725 7796 6367 7666

THRISSUR 398 359 484 161 219 101 172 205 105 80

PALAKKAD 242 95 26 41 44 238 39 58 20 43

MALAPPURAM 351 440 295 182 128 189 479 202 163 170

KOZHIKODE 417 544 375 321 182 283 478 560 232 268

WAYANAD 115 104 69 36 21 57 43 49 22 20

KANNUR 314 266 170 80 70 433 83 125 332 113

KASARAGOD 358 291 190 128 67 123 61 65 47 70

TOTAL 45630 43418 35006 23546 14870 12734 17228 27341 21103 22160

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(Table 10.7 contd.)

2004

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 76792 67043 61985 68165 75882 68152 70693 69417 7259

KOLLAM 8579 7856 8439 7558 7952 8245 8055 8556 906

PATHANAMTHITTA 5805 4688 4576 5693 5550 5003 5101 4604 444

ALAPPUZHA 18958 14199 13595 13742 15557 13445 12073 16664 1409

KOTTAYAM 15490 11989 10261 11854 15025 11526 11370 12429 1186

IDUKKI 42134 32629 26642 38674 47174 33461 42922 54422 3215

ERNAKULAM 94542 78549 74814 79495 90761 73960 103925 77069 8068

THRISSUR 119707 102259 91089 137659 154866 95261 94356 109273 9968

PALAKKAD 20676 21241 20354 23245 26839 20967 18334 20013 1918

MALAPPURAM 26554 22072 24039 23834 25448 24208 24564 26309 2505

KOZHIKODE 38207 38526 37502 39810 40494 38419 67681 38101 3939

WAYANAD 15757 15305 14160 14749 16318 12477 13771 13593 1401

KANNUR 26539 24256 24460 27670 28977 25093 26028 27336 2390

KASARAGOD 13405 10808 10811 11435 10660 10252 9750 11396 1124

TOTAL 523145 451420 422727 503583 561503 440469 508893 489182 45739

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2005Foreign

Jan Feb March April May June July August Sept

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 13136 11435 10341 7689 7264 7333 7724 8664 6638

KOLLAM 886 993 638 383 150 295 344 510 320

PATHANAMTHITTA 34 31 20 14 31 28 37 32 23

ALAPPUZHA 4771 4667 3201 1428 739 473 715 1637 965

KOTTAYAM 3054 3019 2215 1082 399 230 654 1474 899

ERNAKULAM 13169 12789 10368 6021 4220 3436 5426 7802 7541

IDUKKI 5950 5435 4434 2171 911 666 1328 2326 2540

THRISSUR 340 256 201 242 86 101 126 131 95

PALAKKAD 80 63 115 40 24 55 51 56 24

MALAPPURAM 339 883 621 268 291 239 524 499 328

WAYANAD 135 122 67 36 20 17 57 98 29

KOZHIKODE 818 1199 811 636 715 261 469 1020 572

KANNUR 382 297 222 116 44 52 93 107 58

KASARAGOD 251 125 225 65 25 53 45 42 32

TOTAL 43345 41314 33479 20191 14919 13239 17593 24398 20064

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2005Domestic

Jan Feb March April May June July August Sept THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 65844 62900 63833 68115 70163 67152 68209 73155 74626 6

KOLLAM 8305 7800 801 7789 8225 7678 7596 9166 7960

PATHANAMTHITTA 5086 4460 3986 4524 4259 4574 4513 4903 4330

ALAPPUZHA 15154 13665 10568 12719 15742 11431 12541 14700 12141 1

KOTTAYAM 15269 11305 10603 12041 14855 12403 11500 12932 11948 1

ERNAKULAM 89023 81135 77870 81428 76516 70908 80388 80362 88599 9

IDUKKI 39869 31445 26331 35023 53408 35535 38682 38935 35033 4

THRISSUR 114606 83024 86862 125276 151743 96893 94787 100195 106276 11

PALAKKAD 21133 20371 22900 23426 23949 20236 20482 23450 23188 2

MALAPPURAM 26568 24470 23925 25564 28151 24458 24509 25417 24298 2

WAYANAD 16332 13482 15562 17555 18370 14375 13203 14959 14758 1

KOZHIKODE 44021 43275 43373 44530 51895 43347 56282 47428 43976 4

KANNUR 27197 25272 24030 30160 33515 25813 25201 26610 27013 2

KASARAGOD 11291 10069 10391 11855 11795 10849 9639 11278 11059 1

TOTAL 499698 432673 428235 500005 562616 445652 467532 483490 485205 51

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(Tab

2006FOREIGN TOURISTS

Sl.No. DISTRICT JAN FEB MAR APL MAY JUN JLY AUST SEP OCT

1 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 19746 18135 13591 12123 9651 7981 9056 7524 8041 9444

2 KOLLAM 1470 1041 914 590 215 185 379 622 292 584

3 PATHANAMTHITTA 59 33 33 23 20 15 54 7 27 8

4 ALAPPUZHA 5394 5349 3527 2493 1292 733 1090 2566 1997 3016

5 KOTTAYAM 3844 3919 3327 1898 943 614 952 2389 607 2122

6 ERNAKULAM 15895 17307 11799 10658 5743 4751 8140 9872 7820 9069

7 IDUKKI 7860 7720 3899 2845 1337 741 1651 3214 1740 3038

8 THRISSUR 354 542 227 279 197 205 237 219 280 225

9 PALAKKAD 46 48 57 32 86 16 62 66 139 27 10 MALAPPURAM 513 783 536 387 218 248 892 1175 295 274

11 WAYANAD 298 364 190 171 101 51 128 229 102 231

12 KOZHIKODE 2592 674 1189 674 489 578 792 733 456 490

13 KANNUR 556 471 221 147 133 63 105 162 69 124

14 KASARAGOD 231 144 74 57 45 28 40 43 23 29

TOTAL 58858 56530 39584 32377 20470 16209 23578 28821 21888 28681

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2006DOMESTIC TOURISTS

Sl.No. DISTRICT JAN FEB MAR APL MAY JUN JLY AUST SEP

1 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 81618 72781 65364 62094 80700 68967 68011 67603 66766

2 KOLLAM 9935 9069 10433 10042 10696 9226 10235 11925 10800

3 PATHANAMTHITTA 4738 4580 5045 4549 5219 4424 4644 4404 4545

4 ALAPPUZHA 17649 14798 11776 14428 14997 11607 12167 15387 13610

5 KOTTAYAM 16919 13674 13780 13900 17444 13242 12952 15201 14917

6 ERNAKULAM 95430 90419 74928 89254 99552 87905 84950 88766 85852

7 IDUKKI 41209 33287 33875 45112 58539 32486 28185 40989 46868

8 THRISSUR 109710 90170 91916 121028 149468 95442 107191 110856 117967

9 PALAKKAD 23526 21995 24080 27929 30045 23397 22482 25624 24754

10 MALAPPURAM 25827 23675 24716 24894 26257 24232 26506 27389 24923

11 WAYANAD 16819 15956 17941 20325 21113 15152 16376 17693 20681

12 KOZHIKODE 47555 41740 45286 46027 51387 45156 46639 46087 45475

13 KANNUR 30672 27820 28141 31853 33527 27568 29115 28844 29352

14 KASARAGOD 11141 9399 10154 10973 11297 9075 9248 10430 11149

TOTAL 532748 469363 457435 522408 610241 467879 478701 511198 517659

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2007FOREIGN TOURISTS

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM 27099 23825 20396 14858 9777 7047 11334 11221 10154 1

KOLLAM 1723 1429 1053 486 328 315 505 521 255

PATHANAMTHITTA 32 87 54 11 48 32 108 33 19

ALAPUZHA 6734 6272 6074 2250 1099 629 869 2018 1239

KOTTAYAM 3996 4070 3413 1643 680 755 556 2637 1283

IDUKKI 8838 8389 6399 3202 941 577 1404 2748 1859

ERNAKULAM 19014 17508 15914 10454 6733 7491 7591 12334 7840 1

THRISSUR 339 341 316 322 270 55 533 984 481

PALAKKAD 85 97 58 27 17 23 33 79 92

MALAPPURAM 1403 1559 624 308 331 723 1226 1480 695

KOZHIKODE 2066 1245 977 438 565 484 821 719 522

WAYANAD 751 670 311 194 129 57 125 541 155

KANNUR 604 478 502 200 161 46 77 104 93

KASARAGOD 130 161 60 94 19 28 17 144 21

TOTAL 72814 66131 56151 34487 21098 18262 25199 35563 24708 3

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2007DOMESTIC

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP O

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 81488 73890 76446 74685 82503 71580 74018 76721 81026 7

KOLLAM 14118 12260 12162 9274 11089 8814 9350 10884 12081

PATHANAMTHITTA 5116 4448 4906 4548 4740 6405 4750 5018 4790

ALAPUZHA 15970 13742 12464 13058 14641 10452 9701 12126 11744

KOTTAYAM 17835 15139 13607 14996 18594 14130 12553 13789 14358

IDUKKI 59398 39208 34060 41936 65817 31700 28590 30697 34934 3

ERNAKULAM 94787 89338 66787 91145 83636 90785 85915 88621 89786 10

THRISSUR 132703 106331 110199 142172 173706 116076 96443 120395 121608 12

PALAKKAD 27260 24932 25915 27163 30039 24531 23497 25862 27196 2

MALAPPURAM 28023 24273 26146 26081 29975 25919 25698 26418 23668 2

KOZHIKODE 49254 41959 45804 47761 51617 43788 48940 51116 45207 4

WAYANAD 20638 16743 18843 22439 28991 18162 17622 20523 18316 2

KANNUR 31392 28081 27877 30811 34198 29466 29252 31172 33531 3

KASARAGOD 10638 10860 10506 11716 10166 10416 12452 11967 11602

TOTAL 588620 501204 485722 557785 639712 502224 478781 252309 529847 55

Source; Directorate of Tourism

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10.08.10.08.10.08.10.08. Approved Health Centres in Kerala as on DecembApproved Health Centres in Kerala as on DecembApproved Health Centres in Kerala as on DecembApproved Health Centres in Kerala as on December 2008er 2008er 2008er 2008

10.09.10.09.10.09.10.09. Approved Home stays in Kerala as on November 2008Approved Home stays in Kerala as on November 2008Approved Home stays in Kerala as on November 2008Approved Home stays in Kerala as on November 2008

Sl.No. Districts Number of Units

1 Thiruvananthapuram 33

2 Kollam 163 Pathanamthitta 8

4 Alappuzha 47

5 Kottayam 80

6 Idukki 100

7 Ernakulam 61

8 Thrissur 18

9 Palakkad 16

10 Malappuram 13

11 Kozhikode 5

12 Wayanad 13

13 Kannur 814 Kasaragod 2

TOTAL 420



2 Kollam 6

3 Pathanamthitta 2

4 Alappuzha 6

5 Kottayam 13

6 Idukki 2

7 Ernakulam 12

8 Thrissur 6

9 Palakkad 3

10 Malappuram 0

11 Kozhikode 4

12 Wayanad 1

13 Kannur 1

14 Kasaragod 0

TOTAL 76

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10.10. Approved Grihasthali Units in Kerala as on June 2008



2 Kollam 0

3 Pathanamthitta 0

4 Alappuzha 11

5 Kottayam 13

6 Idukki 0

7 Ernakulam 9

8 Thrissur 0

9 Palakkad 2

10 Malappuram 1

11 Kozhikode 1

12 Wayanad 0

13 Kannur 014 Kasaragod 1

TOTAL 40

10.11. Growth of Foreign Tourist Arrivals in Kerala (2002-2006)

Source: Department of Tourism

YearIndia(Nos.)

PercentageChange

Kerala(Nos.)

Percentagechange

Kerala'sshare(%)inCountry's

Tourism

1 2 3 4 5 6

2002 2384364 -6.03 232,564 11.37 9.75

2003 2726214 14.34 294,621 26.68 10.81

2004 3457477 26.82 345,546 17.28 9.99

2005 3915324 13.24 346,499 0.28 8.85

2006 4429915 13.14 428,534 23.68 9.67

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10.12. Flow of Domestic Tourist to Kerala (2002-2006)

Year Number of TouristsPercentage variation over

the previous year

1 2 3

2002 5,568,256 6.272003 5,871,228 5.44

2004 5,972,182 1.72

2005 5,946,423 -0.43

2006 6,271,724 5.47Source: Department of Tourism

10.13. District Wise Foreign and Domestic Tourist Arrivals during2005&2006

DistrictNo. of Foreign Tourists No. of Domestic Tourists

2005 2006 2005 2006

1 2 3 4 5

Thiruvananthapuram 119,940 151,578 837,211 866,712

Kollam 6,813 7,918 98,277 122,998

Pathanamthitta 349 346 59,328 57,032

Alappuzha 30,274 36,407 173,626 179,115

Kottayam 20,017 26,543 164,909 196,284Idukki 39,378 44,583 473,772 515,182

Ernakualam 108,773 131,767 1,025,944 1,080,591

Thrissur 2,421 4,142 1,327,856 1,398,014

Palakkad 801 809 266,837 300,674

Malappuram 5,115 7,109 306,431 303,844

Kozhikode 8,420 11,154 553,363 550,694

Wayanad 942 2,611 191,184 225,923

Kannur 2,090 2,730 333,855 351,309

Kasaragod 1,166 837 133,880 123,352

TOTAL 346,499 428,534 5,946,473 6,271,724Source : Department of Tourism

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10.14. Earnings from Tourism (2002-2006)(Rs in Crores)

YearForeign Exchange

Earnings

Earnings FromDomesticTourists

Total Revenue Generatedfrom Tourism (Direct &

Indirect)

2002 705.67 3011.31 4931.00

2003 983.37 3492.68 5938.00

2004 1266.77 3881.92 6829.00

2005 1552.31 4281.42 7738.00

2006 1988.40 4891.94 9126.00


10.15. State Plan allocation for Tourism (2003-2008)

Year Allocation(Rs.in Crores)

2003-04 61.35

2004-05 69.29

2005-06 88.02

2006-07 81.57

2007-08 83.18

Source : Department of Tourism

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10.16. Central Financial Assistance for Tourism (2003-2007)


10.17. Details of availability of accommodation facility in classified hotels2005 & 2006

Categoryof Hotels

2005 2006

Number of Hotels Number of RoomsNumber of

HotelsNumber of

Rooms

1 2 3 4 55 StarDeluxe 2 242 2 242

5 Star 8 557 8 557

4 Star 14 832 15 850

3 Star 98 3033 115 3320

2 Star 91 2600 93 2639

1 Star 26 652 26 652

Heritage/Resort 8 250 8 250

Total 247 8166 267 8510Source: Department of Tourism

Year Allocation (Rs.in Crores)

2003-04 12.39

2004-05 21.99

2005-06 48.09

2006-07 40.89

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