Statistics Book 2007.pdf - Kerala Tourism

11.1.27 Length of Stay
Most of them (76-92%) planned to stay here for less than 10 days. Only 3-7% planned to stay for more than
3 weeks. The average length of stay for the third year domestic tourists is 9 days and for the first and
second years tourists are 6 and 7 days. Table 11.1.47
Table 11.1.47
EXPECTED NO. OF DAYS’ TOUR IN KERALA
No. of days 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07
No. % No. % No. %
1- 5 10842 87.5 6377 46.3 14328 37.1
6-10 508 4.1 5950 43.2 14984 38.8
11-15 285 2.3 758 5.5 3966 10.3
16-20 310 2.5 234 1.7 2766 7.2
21-25 223 1.8 179 1.3 1326 3.4
26+ 223 1.8 275 2.0 1287 3.2
Total 12391 100 13773 100 38657 100
Average 6 7 9
The tourists who arrived at Kochi planned to spend 5 nights and the tourists Thiruvananthpuram stayed
for 4 nights. This means number of nights spent by the total sample tourists is 3 in their first destination.
Among the sample domestic tourists of first, second and third year, 10552, 11084 and 20456 planned to
stay at a second destination and the mean number of nights is 2, 2 and 3 respectively.
Among the sample domestic tourists of first, second and third year, 3416, 4017 and 16804 planned to stay
at a third destination and the mean number of nights is 2, 2 and 3 respectively.
Among the sample domestic tourists of first, second and third year 1711, 2258 and 8485 planned to stay
at a fourth destination.
11.1.28 Mode of Travel
Distribution of trips for internal travel shows Taxi was used for 35 to 39% of the tourist’s trips and
chartered private coaches/bus/public transport like train and KSRTC were used by nearly 12-36%. During
2004-05 and 2006-07, more tourists used public transport compared to 2006-07. Table 11.1.48 gives the
percentage distribution of trips by mode usage for internal travel.
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