VoA up by 421.6% in Dec 2014 over previous year
Updated: Jan 19, 2015 03:56:21pm
New Delhi, Jan 19 (KNN) Tourist Visa on Arrival (TVoA) has registered an increase of 421.6 per cent during December 2014, over the same period last year; and 92.4 per cent during January-December 2014 over the corresponding period in the previous year.
“During the month of December 2014, a total of 14,083 TVoA were issued as compared to 2,700 TVoA during the month of 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 release said.
The high growth has been attributed to the introduction of ETA (Electronic Travel Authorization) enabled TVoA for 43 countries in November 2014.
The percentage share of top 10 source countries for TVoA, in India during December 2014, were USA (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).
As far as the port of arrival is concerned, during December 2014, New Delhi received the highest number at 35.78 per cent, followed by Mumbai (21.05 per cent), Goa (18.24 per cent), Chennai (7.17 per cent), Bengaluru (5.76 per cent), Kochi (4.54 per cent), Hyderabad (3.13 per cent), Kolkata (2.35 per cent), and Trivandrum (1.98 per cent).
The Government had 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. (KNN/ES)
“During the month of December 2014, a total of 14,083 TVoA were issued as compared to 2,700 TVoA during the month of 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 release said.
The high growth has been attributed to the introduction of ETA (Electronic Travel Authorization) enabled TVoA for 43 countries in November 2014.
The percentage share of top 10 source countries for TVoA, in India during December 2014, were USA (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).
As far as the port of arrival is concerned, during December 2014, New Delhi received the highest number at 35.78 per cent, followed by Mumbai (21.05 per cent), Goa (18.24 per cent), Chennai (7.17 per cent), Bengaluru (5.76 per cent), Kochi (4.54 per cent), Hyderabad (3.13 per cent), Kolkata (2.35 per cent), and Trivandrum (1.98 per cent).
The Government had 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. (KNN/ES)
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