The e -Tourist Visa scheme of the Government of India has been extended to 77 countries at nine airports designated for providing e-Tourist visa service till now. The Government is now going to extend this facility to 36 more countries from August 15, 2015. The new countries being included in e-Tourist Visa scheme are: Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Belgium, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, East Timor, Guatemala, Hungary, Ireland, Jamaica, Malta, Malaysia, Mongolia, Monaco, Mozambique, Netherlands, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Sweden, Taiwan, Tanzania, Turks & Caicos Island, United Kingdom, Uruguay and Venezuela.
With this addition, the total count of countries under the scheme will go upto 113. Simultaneously, the Centre is going to add 7 more Indian airports as designated airports for entry on e-Tourist Visa from August 15, 2015. New Airports being included in the scheme are: Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Gaya, Jaipur, Lucknow, Tirchy and Varanasi. With this, the total number of designated airports will become 16.
Since the launch of the scheme on November 27, 2014, more than 2,00,000 e-TVs have been issued till now. It is expected that this substantial addition of countries and airports will give big boost to tourism industry in the country.
