Visa on Arrival (VoA)

The Philippines has decided to start offering visa-on-arrival to Chinese tourists, in a bid to tap into this massive inbound market. The decision was taken as part of the Philippine…

The countries of the world are gradually easing visa restrictions and removing barriers to travel, a new study has found. In its latest Visa Openness Report, the UNWTO revealed that…

Visitors from the USA accounted one third of all tourist visa-on-arrivals issued at Indian airports last month. The figures, released by India's Ministry of Tourism, show that 33.7%…

India's government has confirmed that it will allow Chinese tourists to use its new e-visa scheme. Following the recent state visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to China,…

Just 3.3% of visitors to India used the country's new electronic visa-on-arrival (VOA) system in the first quarter of 2015. According to the latest official data, India's airports…

Tourists from 150 countries will be eligible to enter India using its new electronic visa-on-arrival (VoA) service, after the government confirmed plans to expand the scheme. The decision…

The expansion of India's tourist visa-on-arrival (VoA) scheme in November 2014 has already produced results, with massive increase in terms of VoAs issued in December 2014. In total,…

Immigration authorities at Goa's Dabolim Airport issued 357 visas on arrival (VOA) in the first 10 days of India's new broadened entry scheme. India expanded its VOA scheme on 27…

Citizens of 43 countries can now apply for their Indian tourist visas online. Under the new scheme, which was launched on Thursday by Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Minister of…

India has confirmed plans to offer visa-on-arrival (VoA) services to US citizens. The decision was announced during Indian Prime Minister Nahendra Modi's trip to the US, and will…

India saw a dramatic growth in the number of tourists taking advantage of its visa-on-arrival (VoA) scheme in June 2014. According to the latest data from the country’s Ministry of…

Kazakhstan will start trialling a visa waiver scheme for the citizens of 10 countries this month. From 15 July 2014, travellers from the US, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Malaysia,…

India has extended the Visa-on-Arrival (VoA) facility to citizens of South Korea. According to a PTI report, the visa facility will be given with a maximum validity of 30 days single…

The Ministry of Tourism’s (MoT) Visa on Arrival (VoA) scheme grew 1.70% during the first three months of 2014. During January-March 2014, a total number of 5,841 VoAs were issued…

The Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) announced by the Indian government in February 2014 is expected to make travelling a lot more easier for inbound visitors. The ETA scheme…

India has issued a total of 1,980 Visa-on-Arrival (VoA) in Feburary 2014, as compared to 1,947 VoAs during the month of February 2013. The country registered a growth of 1.7%. In…

India’s Visa-on-Arrival (VoA) recorded a 12.60% growth in January 2014, as compared to January 2013.  A total number of 1,903 VoAs have been issued during the period, with 465 visas…

India will soon offer visa-on-arrival (VOA) to citizens of almost every country in the world, authorities have revealed. The country's much-maligned tourist visa processing system…

India’s Visa on Arrival (VoA) scheme registered a growth of 26.2% in 2013.  The country issued a total number of 20,294 VoAs between January to December 2013, as compared to 16,084…

The Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO) has sought changes in the Market Development Assistance scheme of the Ministry of Tourism. At a meeting held on 8 January, IATO…

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India’s Visa on Arrival (VoA) scheme registered 26.5% growth from January to November 2013. A total number of 17,594 VoAs have been issued in this period as compared to 13,903 VoAs…

The Tourist Visa on Arrival (TVoA) registered 31.2% growth with 1,911 VoAs issued under this scheme in October 2013 as compared to 1,457 in October 2012. Between January to October…

India’s tourist Visa-on-Arrival (VoA) scheme grew 19.9% in September 2013.  The country issued a total of 1,683 VoAs last month at Indian airports as compared to 1,404 VoAs issued…

India will roll out the Visa-on-Arrival (VoA) scheme for 40 more countries. The government on Monday cleared a slew of measures including the extension of the VoA scheme to 40…

India plans to extend its Visa-on-Arrival facility to tourists from 40 more countries.  These countries include the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Brazil, Australia,…

The easing of visa regulations could create up to 2.6 million new jobs in the Asia Pacific region by 2016, a new study has found. The joint report the UN World Tourism Organization…

India has registered a 29.4% growth in the number of tourists availing the Visa on Arrival (VoA) scheme from January to August 2013. A total number of 12,716 VoAs have been…

India’s Visa-on-Arrival (VoA) has registered 22.6% growth in July 2013, as compared to July 2012. Last month, 1,154 VoAs were issued as compared to 942 during July 2012. Japanese…

Goa Tourism Ministry is seeking Visa-on-Arrival (VoA) facility to be extended to tourists from five more nations including Russia.  The request is to attract maximum footfall during…

The number of Visa-on-Arrival (VoA) tourists increased 22.9% in June 2013, as compared to June 2012.  Last month, India issued a total of 1,062 VoAs, as against 864 in June 2012.…

India’s Visa-on-Arrival (VoA) scheme registered a 37.2% growth in May 2013 as compared to May 2012.  Last month, a total of 1,114 VoAs were issued as compared to 812 during May 2012.…

Travellers can now make sudden plans to take an international holiday.  SOTC has announced the launch of ‘Just Fly Out’ holidays. With this launch, travelers can push off on a weekend…

Ministry of Tourism to develop three integrated circuits covering Buddhist sites… India will extend the Visa on Arrival (VoA) scheme to Buddhist countries like Thailand and Malaysia.…

Thomas Cook (India) Ltd has launched a new division which will offer international holidays in 48 hours. The “48H Holidays” will offer 15 countries which are either visa on arrival or…

For the month of August 2012, India issued 1,750 visa under its Visa on Arrival (VoA) scheme. The country registered 90.2% growth as compared to 920 visas issued in August 2011. During the…

India’s Visa on Arrival (VoA) scheme registered a decline of 7.6% in April 2012. The country issued a total of 1,140 visas on arrival last month, compared to 1,234 visas during April 2011.…

India will now get more accessible for international tourists. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has approved the Visa on Arrival (VoA) for three more European countries of France,…