Year

Number

Tourism             Receipts                    (Rs. Mn)

Hotels

Rooms

Tourist arrivals

1972

25

1,009

48,797

52

1973

29

1,182

67,994

83

1974

30

1,248

72,915

111

1975

34

1,499

74,597

135

1976

37

1,881

92,561

184

1977

37

1,881

102,510

210

1978

38

1,981

108,322

225

1979

38

2,000

128,360

260

1980

43

2,201

115,080

325

1981

51

2,201

121,620

433

1982

51

2,204

118,360

450

1983

55

2,300

123,820

503

1984

54

2,488

139,670

630

1985

55

2,630

148,860

845

1986

56

2,888

165,310

1,190

1987

60

3,108

207,570

1,786

1988

64

3,399

239,300

2,381

1989

67

3,605

262,790

2,796

1990

75

4,603

291,550

3,630

1991

80

5,064

300,670

3,940

1992

84

5,271

335,400

4,655

1993

85

5,341

374,630

5,362

1994

90

5,888

400,526

6,415

1995

95

5,977

422,463

7,472

1996

90

6,668

486,867

9,048

1997

87

6,809

536,125

10,068

1998

90

7,267

558,195

11,890

1999

92

8,255

578,085

13,668

2000

95

8,657

656,453

14,234

2001

95

9,024

660,318

18,166

2002

95

9,623

681,648

18,328

2003

97

9,647

702,018

19,415 ¹

2004

103 ²

10,640

718,861

23,448

¹ Revised

² Excluding two hotels not operational because of renovation works