Over 1 lakh tourists arrived in Nov on e-tourist visas: govt

Over 1.36 lakh tourists arrived in India last month on e-tourist visas, recording a growth of 63.9 per cent over the same month last year, government said today.
Among the countries availing this facility during November 2016, the UK continues to occupy the top slot, followed by the US and Russia.
"A total of 1,36,876 foreign tourists arrived in November 2016 on e-tourist visa as compared to 83,501 during the month of November 2015 registering a growth of 63.9 per cent," an official release said.
The facility of e-tourist visa is available to citizens of 155 countries at 16 International Airports in India.

During the period from January to November this year, a total of 9,17,446 tourists arrived on this facility as compared to 3,41,683 during the corresponding period last year, registering a growth of 168.5 per cent.
Among the top 10 source countries availing e-tourist visa during last month, the UK has the maximum share with 22.3 per cent, followed by the US (12.9 per cent), Russia (8.7 per cent), France (6.3 per cent) and China (6.1 per cent).

The share of Germany was 4.6 per cent, while that of Australia 4.1 per cent, Canada 3.6 per cent, Netherlands and Ukraine 1.8 per cent each.

Among the top 10 ports in which tourist arrived on e-tourist visa, the share of New Delhi Airport was highest with 44.99 per cent, followed by Mumbai Airport (18.53 per cent), Dabolim (Goa) Airport (14.19 per cent), Chennai Airport (5.26 per cent), Bengaluru Airport (5.23 per cent), Kochi Airport (2.99 per cent) and Kolkata Airport (2.32 per cent).
The share of Hyderabad Airport was 1.94 per cent, while that of Trivandrum Airport 1.32 per cent and Amritsar Airport 1.11 per cent.