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Foreign Tourists in Assam

The number of Domestic Tourist Visits (DTVs) and Foreign Tourist Visits (FTVs) in Assam and All India during 2006 to 2011 were as follows:-

(Figures in lakhs)

Year	Assam		All India
	DTVs	FTVs	DTVs	FTVs
2006	32.69	0.11	4623.21	117.39
2007	34.37	0.13	5265.64	132.57
2008	36.17	0.14	5630.34	143.81
2009	38.51	0.15	6688.00	143.72
2010	40.51	0.15	7402.14	178.53
2011	43.39	0.16	n.a.	n.a.
Annual Growth Rate 2006 - 10	5.51	7.98	12.49	11.05

n.a.: Not Available

Development and promotion of tourist places including new tourist places, are primarily the responsibility of the concerned State Governments/UT Administrations.

The proposals received from the State Governments/UT Administrations including Assam, are processed as per existing scheme guidelines, inter-se-priority and subject to availability of funds.

The details of tourism projects sanctioned to the State Government of Assam, during the last three years, are given below:

Year	Number of Project	Amount Sanctioned (Rs. in crore)
2009-10	07	22.76
2010-11	04	23.55
2011-12 (upto 31st December 2011)	03	4.23

The rank of Assam in terms of FTVs during 2010 was 24th among all the States and Union Territories.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Tourism, Shri Sultan Ahmed in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

Samir/kd

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