TVoAs Register a Growth of 1214.9% During January 2015 Over the Same Period Last Year

New Delhi: Government of India has launched Tourist Visa on Arrival (TVoA) enabled by Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) on 27th November 2014 for 43 countries. Prior to it, only the normal TVoA scheme was in operation for 12 countries. The following are the important highlights of tourists arrived by availing TVoA (including ETA enabled) during January, 2015:

• During the month of January 2015, a total of 25,023 tourist arrived by availing TVoA as compared to 1,903 TVoA during the month of January 2014, registering a growth of 1214.9%. This high growth is due to introduction of ETA enabled TVoA for 43 countries.
• The percentage share of top 10 source countries for TVoA, in India during January 2015, were as follows:
  
  USA (23.71%), Republic of Korea (18.26%), Russian Federation (14.06%), Ukraine (9.99%), Australia (8.83%), Germany (6.53%), New Zealand (2.57%), Israel (1.79%), UAE( 1.77%) and Singapore (1.69%).
• The percentage share of different ports for TVoA, in India during January 2015, were as follows:
  
  New Delhi (36.78%), Mumbai (20.41%), Goa (17.78%), Chennai (6.43%), Bengaluru (5.28%), Kochi (3.87%), Hyderabad (2.73%), Kolkata (4.50%) and Trivandrum (2.22%).

Disclaimer: This information has been collected through secondary research and IBEF is not responsible for any errors in the same.