369% leap in e-visa |
As many as 1.17 lakh people arrived in India on online visa in February as compared to 24,985 during the same month last year, registering a growth of 369.1%.UK continues to occupy the top slot, followed by the US and France among the countries availing e-tourist visa facility.With effect from February 26 this year, the e-tourist visa facility was extended for citizens of 37 more nations, taking the total to 150 countries. UK topped the list of countries availing e-tourist visa facilities in February this year with 27.86%, followed by US (13.85%), France (8.08%), Russia (6.21%), Germany (4.92%) and China (4.91%).The share of Canada was 4.21%, while that of Australia was 3.64%, Korea 2.15% and Ukraine 2%.
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