The facility to issue Tourist Visa on Arrival (TVoA)
enabled by Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) at various airports in the
country helped to bring in more tourists in December.
According to official figures, TVoA register an
increase of 421.6% during December, 2014 over the same period last year and register
an increase of 92.4% during January-December, 2014 over the same period.
The following are the important highlights of TVoA
(including ETA enabled) issued during December, 2014: During the month of December 2014, a total of 14,083
TVoA were issued as compared to 2,700 during the month of December 2013,
registering a growth of 421.6%. During
January –December 2014, a total number of 39,046 TVoA were issued as compared
to 20,294 during the corresponding period of 2013 registering a growth of
92.4%. This high growth is due to introduction of ETA enabled TVoA for 43
countries in November 2014.
The percentage share of top 10 source countries for TVoA, in India during December 2014, were ; USA (24.26%), Russian Federation (15.06%), Republic of Korea (11.01%), Ukraine (8.16%), Australia (7.98%), New Zealand (5.08%), Japan (4.30%), Singapore (4.27%), Germany (4.05%) and the Philippines (3.10%).
The percentage share of different destinations for
TVoA, in India during December 2014, were ; New Delhi (35.78%), Mumbai
(21.05%), Goa (18.24%), Chennai (7.17%), Bengaluru (5.76%), Kochi (4.54%),
Hyderabad (3.13%), Kolkata (2.35%), and Trivandrum (1.98%).
India Government has launched Tourist Visa on
Arrival (TVoA) enabled by Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) on 27th
November 2014 for 43 countries. Prior to it, only the normal TVoA scheme was in
operation for 12 countries.
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