900% Growth in e-Tourist Visa During Jan-July | Awesome News for Travel Industry

During January-July, 2015, a total of 1,47,690 tourists arrived on e-Tourist Visa as compared to 14,415 during January-July, 2014, registering a growth of 924.6 per cent. 

A total of 21,476 tourist arrived on eTV during July 2015 alone as compared to 2,462 during July 2014 registering a growth of 772.3 per cent. This high growth may be attributed to introduction of eTV for 113 countries as against coverage of earlier TVoA scheme for 12 countries. 

The percentage shares of top 10 source countries availing eTV facility during July 2015 were as follows: USA (33.67%), Australia (7.74%), France (7.13%), Germany (6.80%), UAE (6.71%), Canada (6.30%), Republic of Korea (5.57%), Mexico (2.80%), Japan (2.38%) and Russian Federation (2.29%). Government of India launched eTV on November 27, 2014.