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Statistics Book 2007.pdf - Kerala Tourism

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11.1.6 Mode of Travel to <strong>Kerala</strong><br />

Table 11.1.6 shows that Air travel was used by 81% of the tourists to travel in 2006-07. It has increased<br />

from 56% in 2004-05 and 66% in the year 2005-06. Average for the three years is 68.8%. Nearly 15-24%<br />

arrived through rail. Graph 11.1.4 shows the Mode of Travel to <strong>Kerala</strong>.<br />

Table 11.1.6<br />

MODE OF TRAVEL TO KERALA<br />

Mode 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2004-07<br />

Air 55.8 66.0 81.3 68.8<br />

Rail 24.0 20.6 14.5 19.3<br />

Road 18.5 12.9 3.9 11.1<br />

Sea 1.7 0.5 0.3 0.8<br />

Total 100 100 100 100<br />

Graph 11.1.4<br />

Mode of travel to <strong>Kerala</strong><br />

About 20-27% of the tourists who arrived through air came to Mumbai and 9-17% to Chennai (Table<br />

11.1.7). About 39% of 2005-06 tourists arrived directly to <strong>Kerala</strong> while the corresponding figures for<br />

2004-05 and 2006-07 are 28% and 25% respectively. The remaining sample tourists arrived at Delhi,<br />

Karnataka and other places.<br />

Table 11.1.7<br />

PLACE FIRST ARRIVED IN INDIA<br />

(Percentage)<br />

Place 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2004-07<br />

Mumbai 20.3 25.4 27.0 24.9<br />

Chennai 9.2 12.5 17.0 13.7<br />

Delhi 10.1 8.2 15.2 11.8<br />

<strong>Kerala</strong> 27.7 39.4 24.8 30.2<br />

Karnataka 7.2 7.4 15.0 10.7<br />

Others 25.5 7.1 1.0 8.7<br />

Total 100 100 100 100<br />

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