Visa-on-arrival registers over 62 per cent growth

NEW DELHI: Continuing the growth trajectory, a total of 2,968 foreign visitors availed the visa-on-arrival (VoA) scheme in November as compared to 1,824 during the same month last year, registering a growth of 62.7 per cent.

While maximum number of VoAs was availed by South Koreans (837), followed by those from Singapore (467) and New Zealand (427), only two visitors from Laos came to India using the scheme, according to Tourism Ministry data.

The VoA scheme was extented to 12 countries. Aiming at attracting more foreigners, the government launched Tourist Visa on Arrival (TVoA) enabled by Electronic Travel Authorization on November 27 for 43 countries.