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Tourist arrival on e-Tourist Visa shows record jump in August 2016 compared to a year ago
24 Sep 2016, 10:21 am
New Delhi, Sep 15 (NITN): Union Ministry of Tourism announced on Thursday that 66,097 tourists arrived in Aug 2016 on e-Tourist Visa, up 196.6 per cent compared to 22,286 in August 2015.
The UK continued to occupy the top slot followed by the US and China among the countries availing e-Tourist Visa facility in Aug 2016
During Jan-Aug 2016 period, 6,06,493 tourists arrived on e-Tourist Visa compared to 1,69,976 during Jan-Aug 2015, registering a growth of 256.8 per cent, which can be partly attributed to introduction of e-Tourist Visa for 150 countries against the earlier coverage of 113 countries.
The percentage shares of top 10 source countries availing e-Tourist Visa facilities during Aug 2016 were UK (19.4%), US (13.2%), China (6.7%), France (6.4%), Spain (6.1%), UAE (5.5%), Germany (4.6%), Australia (3.7%), Canada (3.5%) and Korea Republic of (2.4%).
The percentage shares of top 10 ports in tourist arrivals on e-Tourist Visa during Aug 2016 were New Delhi Airport (45.30%), Mumbai Airport (21.53%), Chennai Airport (8.82%), Bengaluru Airport (7.58%), Kochi Airport (4.60%), Hyderabad Airport (3.52%), Kolkata Airport (2.07%), Amritsar Airport (2.01%), Ahmadabad Airport (1.44%) and Trivandrum Airport (1.36%).
Commencing from Nov 27, 2014, e-Tourist Visa facility was available until Feb 25, 2016, for citizens of 113 countries arriving at 16 Airports in India.
The Government of India extended this scheme for citizens of 37 more countries from Feb 26, 2016, taking the tally to 150 countries.
Image: Kerala Tourism Twitter
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