Visa on Arrival scheme continues to be popular with
foreign tourists with as many as 1,114 foreigners using it in May this
year as compared to 812 in the corresponding period last year,
registering a growth of 37.2 per cent.
While maximum
tourists from Japan (372) followed by New Zealand (195) and the
Philippines (181) obtained the facility, only one tourist from Laos
availed the scheme.
The Government had launched the
Visa on Arrival scheme in January 2010 for citizens of 11 countries
including Finland, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Singapore, Cambodia,
Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Laos and Myanmar.
Currently, four international airports at Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai are equipped with the VoA facility.
During
January-May 2013, the highest number of VoAs were issued at Delhi
airport (4,808), followed by Mumbai (1,743), Chennai (1,157) and Kolkata
(558).
VoA facility will be extended to five more
airports at Goa, Thiruvananthapuram, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kochi
shortly, said a senior Tourism Ministry official.
source: Business Standard
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