New Delhi: India will extend the visa-on-arrival facility to all countries except eight with effect from September. The countries not covered under this single-entry e-visa facility, meant for purposes other than paid employment and education with a one-month time limit, are Pakistan, Sudan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, Sri Lanka and Somalia.
The facility is currently available to 11 countries, including New Zealand, Singapore, Luxembourg, Japan and Finland. With Friday's government decision, India expects to become the world's number-one tourist destination, according to a government official. The country's total foreign tourist arrivals in 2013 stood at 6.84 million. Forex earnings from tourism grew 2.2 per cent year-on-year to $18.1 billion.
06/02/14 Ruchika Chitravanshi & Sanjeeb Mukherjee/Buisness Standard
To Read the News in full at Source, Click the Headline
The facility is currently available to 11 countries, including New Zealand, Singapore, Luxembourg, Japan and Finland. With Friday's government decision, India expects to become the world's number-one tourist destination, according to a government official. The country's total foreign tourist arrivals in 2013 stood at 6.84 million. Forex earnings from tourism grew 2.2 per cent year-on-year to $18.1 billion.
06/02/14 Ruchika Chitravanshi & Sanjeeb Mukherjee/Buisness Standard
