THE Government has extended the visa on arrival scheme for the tourists from
Cambodia, Vietnam, Philippines and Laos from January this year. This scheme was
launched last year for the tourists from Finland, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand
and Singapore .
The
number of visas issued under this scheme, during January 2011 for nationals of
the eight out of nine countries were New Zealand (242), Finland (156), Japan
(155), Singapore (125), Philippines (98), Luxembourg (6), Cambodia (4), and
Vietnam (4). The maximum number of visas on arrival were issued at Delhi airport
(406), followed by Mumbai (214), Chennai (137) and Kolkata (33).
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