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Kolkata, April 16:: Americans constituted the bulk of 1,26,543 foreign tourists visiting the city of joy last year, according to the Regional Tourist office in Kolkata.

Americans constituted around 20,971 or 16.57 per cent of the total visitors. They were closely followed by the British, who constituted around 19,124 or 15.11 per cent of the total foreign tourists.

The third largest group of foreigners was from Japan. A total of 6799 Japanese tourists came here in 2007. The other tourists were from countries like Australia, Nepal, Thailand, Canada, Germany, China, South Korea, Singapore, Bhutan, France, Myanmar, Italy, Spain, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Ireland, Switzerland, Taiwan and Sweden, besides others.

In 2006, 98,307 foreign tourists came on a visit of which Americans constituted around 17408 or 17.71 per cent of the total tourists. The British were the second largest group consisting of 16,706 people or 16.99 per cent of the total.

The Japanese were the third largest foreign group to visit the city. They comprised 6427 people or 6.54 per cent of the total foreign tourists.

In 2005 the number of foreign visitors here was 86,974 with the Americans constituting around 15,879 or 18.28 per cent of the total foreigners, the sources said.

Again the British secured the second spot in the number of foreign tourists visiting the metropolis. Some 14057 people from the UK visited the city in 2005 constituting 16.16 per cent of the total foreign tourists.

Visitors from Down Under were the third largest group, which visited the city in 2005.