The number of visa-on-arrival tourists has seen a quantum jump of over 400 per cent in one year, government said today.
During December 2014, a total of 14,083 tourist visa-on- arrival (TVoA) were issued as compared to 2,700 during December 2013, registering a growth of 421.6 per cent.
During January-December 2014, a total number of 39,046 TVoA were issued as compared to 20,294 TVoAs during the corresponding period of 2013 registering a growth of 92.4 per cent, an official statement said here.
The percentage share of top 10 source countries for TVoA in India during December 2014 included US(24.26 per cent), Russian Federation (15.06 per cent), Republic of Korea (11.01 per cent), Ukraine (8.16 per cent), Australia (7.98 per cent), New Zealand (5.08 per cent), Japan (4.30 per cent), Singapore (4.27 per cent), Germany (4.05 per cent) and the Philippines (3.10 per cent).
Government had launched TVoA enabled by Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) on November 27, 2014 for 43 countries. Prior to it, only the normal TVoA scheme was in operation for 12 countries, the statement said.
