NUMBER OF PAK TOURIST TO INDIA ON RISE

Number of Pak tourists to India on rise

New Delhi, Oct 25 (PTI) A good number of Pakistanis are visiting India as tourists, despite ups and downs in bilateral relations, according to Tourism Ministry statistics.

In fact, the number of Pakistanis visiting tourist spots in the country is on the rise, according to the data.

While 83,426 Pak nationals came to India in 2006, their number rose to 1,06,283 in 2007. From Bangladesh, 4,80,240 tourists came to India in that year.

Interestingly, the number of Bangla and Pak tourists is more than that of those from West Asia or from China (88,103), South Korea (84,583), Indonesia (17,818), Singapore (92,908), Thailand (50,037) in 2007, the data says.

There was a slight decrease in the number of Bangladeshis travelling to India in 2007 as against 4,84,401 in 2006.