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Indian government introduces e-Tourist visa

26 Apr 2016, 06:56 am

Indian government introduces e-Tourist visa
New Delhi, Apr 25 (NITN) Government of India introduced e-Tourist Visa on Nov 27, 2014 to facilitate the nationals of the 43 countries visiting India.

The e-Tourist Visa as on 26.02.2016 is available for nationals of 150 countries.

"The year 2015 witnessed a growth rate of 4.5% in terms of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India.   During 2015, FTAs were 8.03 million as compared to 7.68 million in 2014.  FTAs during the period January-March 2016 were 25.08 lakh with a growth of 10.0% as compared to the FTAs of 22.81 lakh in January-March 2015," read a government statement.

During January-December 2015 a total of 4,45,300 tourists arrived on e-Tourist Visa as compared to 39,046 during January-December 2014 registering a growth of 1040.4%.

During the month of January-March 2016, a total of 3,21,049 tourists arrived on e-Tourist Visa as compared to 75,859 during the month of January-March 2015 registering a growth of 323.2%.

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