Statistics Book 2007.pdf - Kerala Tourism

11.1.35 Occupational Structure
The Table 11.1.57 shows that 18.8 % of the tourists were professionals among the first and second year
tourists and business people amounted for 28.5 % of the tourists in the year 2006-07. Followed by students
and government service. Graph 11.1.23 shows the distribution of tourists according to occupation.
Table 11.1.57
OCCUPATION OF THE TOURIST
Occupation 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2004-07
Professional 21.7 19.8 16.8 18.8
Student 20.6 17.2 13.5 16.1
Govt. Service 14.8 15.9 17.5 16.4
Teacher 6.7 8.6 8.8 8.3
Business 14.5 8.3 28.5 18.9
Self employed 8.4 19.2 5.2 10.6
Retired 3.2 4.1 2.3 3.1
Others 10.1 6.9 7.4 7.8
Total 100 100 100 100.0
Graph 11.1.23
Occupation of the Tourist
11.1.36 Persons Accompanied
Table 11.1.58 shows that nearly 24-38% of the tourists were accompanied by 5 or more people, while 7-
14% came alone. The highest proportion of first and third year samples came with one companion, while
the second year sample had 7 or more people with them. Graph 11.1.24 shows distribution of tourists
according to number of persons accompanied.
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