According to data released by the Tourism Ministry of India, travelers from the U.S.A. availed India’s Visa-on-Arrival facility the most. India’s electronic travel authorization is currently available for 44 countries, and March statistics showed that 33 percent of all tourists were from the U.S., followed by 14 percent from Germany, 13 percent from the Russian Federation, while tourists from Australia and the Republic of Korea were 8 percent and 6 percent respectively. India has coined the term e-Visa for this process. Note: The India Expert recommends that business travelers from the United Stated do not enter India on a tourist visa. Business visas are not currently offered under this electronic plan yet.
March recorded a total of 730,000 foreign tourists, an increase of 5.3 percent from the same period last year, and the foreign exchange earnings from tourism showed a rise of 2.9 per cent, reports Economic Times.
