Statistics Book 2007.pdf - Kerala Tourism

11.1.10 Facilitation of Trips
About 63 to 77% of the tourists arranged the tour program by themselves and about 14-20 % travelled
through tour and travel agents. 4-10% came with the help of their friends. On an average for three years
69 % of trips were planned and arranged by self, 17 % through tour agents and about 7 % through friends.
Table 11.1.21 gives the percentage distribution of tourists according to facilitators. Graph 11.1.8 shows
the trips by Facilitators.
Table 11.1.21
FACILITATOR OF THE VISIT TO KERALA
(Percentage)
Facilitator 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2004-07
Self 66.5 62.9 77.0 69.2
Tour agent 19.5 18.5 14.0 17.1
Friends 3.8 10.2 6.8 7.1
Company 5.5 3.6 2.2 3.6
Others 4.7 4.8 0.0 3.0
Total 100 100 100 100
Graph 11.1.8
Facilitator of the Visit to Kerala
Table 11.1.22 gives the distribution of foreign tourists visit according to length of stay, which shows that
for about 36 to 40 % of the 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 was 16 days for 2004-05 and 15 days for the years
2005-06 and 2006-07.
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