Adds 7 more airports taking total number to 16 Airports and 113 countries
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
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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 27 November 2014, more than 2,00,000 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.
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