Date: 15 January 2013
Visa On Arrival A Hit With Tourists To India.
NEW DELHI, Jan 15 (Bernama) -- India's move to introduce
visa on arrivals (VOA) to attract more tourists to the country is bearing
fruits with the visa number growing 26 per cent in 2012. A total number of
16,084 VOAs were issued in 2012 compared with 12,761 VOAs issued in 2011, the
Ministry of Tourism said in a statement.
The highest number of 4,604 VOAs were issued to tourists
from Japan followed by New Zealand (3,150) and the Philippines (2,444).
Indonesia took 2,426, Singapore 1,974, Finland 914, Vietnam 186, Cambodia 157,
Luxembourg 110, Myanmar 109 and Laos 10. During 2012, the highest number of
VOAs were issued at the Delhi airport (9,596), followed by Mumbai (3,276),
Chennai (2,273) and Kolkata (939).
India had earlier launched the VOAs scheme in January 2010
for citizens of five countries, namely Finland, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand
and Singapore. The scheme was extended to six more countries, namely Cambodia,
Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Laos and Myanmar in January 2011.
Malaysia does not enjoy the scheme.
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