The Government
of India has launched e Tourist Visa on November 27, 2014. The scheme has been
extended to 77 countries at nine airports designated for providing e-Tourist
visa service till now.
The
Centre is now going to extend this facility to 36 more countries from August
15, 2015. The new countries being included in e-Tourist Visa scheme are:
1. Andorra
2. Argentina
3. Armenia
4. Aruba
5. Belgium
6. Bolivia
7. Colombia
8. Cuba
9. East
Timor
10. Guatemala
11. Hungary
12. Ireland
13. Jamaica
14. Malta
15. Malaysia
16. Mongolia
17. Monaco
18. Mozambique
19. Netherlands
20. Panama
21. Peru
22. Poland
23. Portugal
24. Seychelles
25. Slovenia
26. Spain
27. St
Lucia
28. St
Vincent & the Grenadines
29. Suriname
30. Sweden
31. Taiwan.
32. Tanzania
33. Turks
& Caicos Island
34. United
Kingdom
35. Uruguay
36. Venezuela
With
this addition, the total count of countries under the scheme will go upto 113 (One
hundred Thirteen). Simultaneously, the Centre is going to add 7 more Indian
airports as designated airports for entry on e-Tourist Visa from August 15, 2015.
New Airports being included in the scheme are:
1. Ahmedabad
2. Amritsar
3. Gaya
4. Jaipur
5. Lucknow
6. Tirchy
7. Varanasi
With this, the total number of designated airports
will become 16.
Since the launch of the scheme on November 27, 2014,
more than 2,00,000 (Two lac) e-TVs have been issued till now. It is expected
that this substantial addition of countries and airports will give big boost to
tourism industry in the country.
Further details in this regard may be checked on the
e-Tourist Visa website https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/visa/tvoa.html.
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