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Kempegowda International Airport a hit this season with foreign tourists
Bengaluru airport was the second most-preferred in South India this festive season.
For international tourists, the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) was the second most preferred airport in South India to disembark during Christmas holiday season (December 2017). About 5.33% of total foreign tourists who arrived in India during the month of December landed at KIA.
According to the Ministry of Tourism monthly estimates of Foreign Tourist Arrivals, the Delhi airport with 25.80% tourists recorded the highest percentage share of foreign tourist arrivals in India followed by Mumbai. Among South Indian airports (Chennai, Dabolim-Goa, Kochi, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram and Trichy) only Chennai, with 6.36%, tourists fared better than Bengaluru.