The total arrivals by April this year was 16,05,773 against the 14,03,234 last year, an official release said on Friday.
It said foreign exchange earnings, in rupee terms, also recorded a growth of 16.3 per cent during the month at Rs 9919.81 crore (Rs 99.19 billion) as compared to Rs 8529.96 crore (Rs 85.29 billion) last year.