AHMEDABAD: While the domestic flyers registered a fall of 18
per cent, the international flyers have registered an increase of 15.5 per cent
in the month of November 2012.
The number of non-resident Gujaratis (NRGs) who flew down to Ahmedabad was 81097, which was only 70227 in November 2011.
Officials said that while the domestic flyers were finding cheaper options to switch over, the overseas flyers had no other option but to fly.
Airport officials said that from April-November 2012, the number of overseas flyers had increased to 4,75,261 as against 4,68,108 from April-November 2011. This was an increase of 1.5 per cent as compared to the previous year.
Officials said that the only reason was that being Diwali, the NRGs had decided to come back home early.
"Usually they prefer to come back home in December but it has been generally been seen that ifDiwali is in November, the number of international tourists increase," says an official.
However, a senior officer said that there was an overall increase of just 7500 odd passengers and one can see that means there could be an increase in the number of foreign tourists as well.
The number of non-resident Gujaratis (NRGs) who flew down to Ahmedabad was 81097, which was only 70227 in November 2011.
Officials said that while the domestic flyers were finding cheaper options to switch over, the overseas flyers had no other option but to fly.
Airport officials said that from April-November 2012, the number of overseas flyers had increased to 4,75,261 as against 4,68,108 from April-November 2011. This was an increase of 1.5 per cent as compared to the previous year.
Officials said that the only reason was that being Diwali, the NRGs had decided to come back home early.
"Usually they prefer to come back home in December but it has been generally been seen that ifDiwali is in November, the number of international tourists increase," says an official.
However, a senior officer said that there was an overall increase of just 7500 odd passengers and one can see that means there could be an increase in the number of foreign tourists as well.
No comments:
Post a Comment