NEW DELHI, India – Visa on arrival for tourists has seen an uptick of 41.5 percent at 2,705 VoAs in October 2014 compared with 1,911 VoAs during the same month last year, according to a statement from the Ministry of Tourism.
The Government had launched the โVisa on Arrivalโ scheme in January 2010 for travelers from Finland, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand and Singapore, visiting India for tourism purposes. It later extended it Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Laos and Myanmar in January 2011, and more recently to South Korea.
For January- October 2014, a total number of 21,995 VoAs were issued compared with 15,770 VoAs in the same period last year registering a growth of 39.5 percent, the statement added.