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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