The 'visa on arrival' scheme, launched early last year to increase foreign tourist inflows, has been extended to citizens of six more countries from January this year.
The new countries added to the list of beneficiaries of this scheme are Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Laos and Myanmar, said a government statement, adding between January and March 2905 visas were issued under this scheme.
The maximum number of visas under this scheme was issued at Delhi airport (1512), followed by Mumbai (759), Chennai (474) and Kolkata (160), the statement said.
According to a different release, the 'Incredible India' campaign has led to a surge in the number of foreign tourists visiting the country with more than 5 lakh visitors coming to India in March this year.
At present this scheme available to tourists who arrive from Finland, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand and Singapore
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