Revised E-Tourist Fees

November 2015 \ Business & Investment \ Business and Governance

RECORD TOURISTS

Government of India launched Tourist Visa on Arrival (TVoA) enabled by Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA), presently known as e-Tourist Visa scheme in November 2014. At present e-Tourist Visa facility is available for citizens of 113 countries arriving at 16 Airports in India.

The following are the important highlights of e-Tourist Visa during September:

I. During the month of September 2015 a total of 31,729 tourist arrived on e-Tourist Visa as compared to 2,170 during the month of September, 2014 registering a growth of 1362.2 per cent.

II. During January- September 2015 a total of 2,01,705 tourist arrived on e-Tourist Visa as compared to 19,290 during January- September 2014 registering a growth of 945.6 per cent.