88,162 tourists arrived on e-tourist visa in January, 2016

As many as 88,162 tourists arrived in India on e-tourist visa in January this year as compared to 25,023 during the same month last year, registering a growth of 252.3 per cent.
The United Kingdom continues to occupy top slot, followed by the US and Russia amongst the countries availing e-tourist visa facility, an official release said.
Launched on November 27, 2014, the e-tourist visa facility is currently available for citizens of 113 countries arriving at 16 airports in India.
The UK topped the list of countries availing e-tourist visa facilities in January this year with 25.37 per cent, followed by US (15.17 per cent), Russian (9.58 per cent), France (6 per cent), Australia (5.25 per cent), Germany (4.23 per cent) and Canada (4.10 per cent).

The share of China was 3.96 per cent, while that of Korea was 3.72 per cent and Ukraine 2.86 per cent.