Statistics Book 2007.pdf - Kerala Tourism

Sampling criteria /features included collection through out the year (regularity); size based on seasonal
arrival of tourists, as per DoT statistics (seasonality); collection from all official destinations instruments
(spatiality); separate structured and approved questionnaires for foreign and domestic tourists. Table
11.2 gives the sample size of International and Domestic tourists.
Table 11.2
Sample size
Tourist Category 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2004-07
Foreigners 3907 4543 5066 13516
Non-Keralite 12391 13773 38657 64821
Keralite 5260 9100 12303 26663
All 21558 27416 56026 105000
11.1.4. TOURIST PROFILE
The following sections presents the profile of the tourists, their mode of arrival, accommodation pattern,
expenditure pattern, their satisfaction with the present destination and suggestions to improve the
areas etc. of both domestic and international tourists.
a. International Tourists
This part of the report is based on the information collected from 13516 international tourists who
arrived during May 2004 - April 2007 in different tourist destinations of this state.
b. Country of Origin
The Table 11.1.1 shows distribution of International/foreign tourists by Country of Origin. More tourists
to Kerala arrived from England (between 27 and 32%) followed by USA, France and Germany. In all the
three years about 58% of the foreign tourists were from England, USA, France and Germany. England
alone amounted to more than 28% of the tourists. Tourists from Asian or from any other developing
countries were meager. This trend was observed in all the quarters of last three years.
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