Statistics Book 2007.pdf - Kerala Tourism

• About 63 to 77% of the tourists arranged the tour program by themselves and about 14-20%
through tour and travel agents. 4-10% came with the help of their friends.
• For about 36 to 40% of tourists, the stay was in the range of 6-10 days and for about 16 to 32% it
was in the range of 11-15 days. The average length of stay is 16 days for 2004-05 and 15 days for
the years 2005-06 and 2006-07.
• On an average, all tourists of first year sample expect to spend 6 nights in the first destination
(cities) of their travel and the corresponding figures for second and third years are 7 and 8
respectively.
• For intra Kerala travel, Taxi was used for 21-49% of the tourists’ trips and. Public transport like
train and KSRTC were used by nearly 34-49% of the trips.
• About 46-72% of the tourists stayed in star hotels and resorts, while 22-38% of the tourists stayed
at non classified hotels. Other accommodation facilities are used by only very few visitors.
• The average daily expense varies from Rs.2723/- in 2004-05 Rs. 3130 in 2005-06 and Rs.3727/-in
2006-07 which shows that the average expenditure is increasing over the years.
• The research data shows that about 48% of the foreign tourists spend in the range of 3001 8000.
Where as about 57 per cent of the Domestic Non-Keralite spend below3001. 56% of the Domestic
tourists Keralite spent upto Rs 500/- this can be attributed to expenditure on income and travel
are less in this category of tourists.
Percentage of tourists according to tourists Category
Expenditure Range Foreigner Domestic Domestic
Non-Keralite
Keralite
Upto Rs. 500 1.8 19.1 56.0
501-1500 24.3 27.6 38.5
1501 – 3000 17.3 21.0
3001-5000 16.9 19.3 5.50
5001-8000 30.6 11.6 -
8001 & Above 9.1 1.4 -
• Average daily expenditure is highest in case of foreign tourists and the analysis shows that the
expenditure has increased during the study period. Table below gives average daily expenditure
of different category of tourists and the years of survey:
Average daily expenditure (Rs.) and Category of tourists
Survey Period Foreigner Domestic Domestic-
Non-Keralite Keralite
2004-05 2723 1752 708
2005-06 3130 2750 528
2006-07 3727 2651 640
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