Over 1 lakh people visited India on e-Tourist visa in February: Government

New Delhi: As many as 1,17,210 people arrived in India on e-Tourist visa in February as compared to 24,985 during the same month last year, registering a growth of 369.1 per cent.

The UK continues to occupy the top slot, followed by the US and France amongst the countries availing e-tourist visa facility, Ministry of Tourism said in a release on March 11. With effect from February 26 this year, the e-tourist visa facility was extended for citizens of 37 more nations, taking the total to 150 countries.

The UK topped the list of countries availing e-tourist visa facilities in February this year with 27.86 per cent, followed by US (13.85 per cent), France (8.08 per cent), Russia (6.21 per cent), Germany (4.92 per cent) and China (4.91 per cent). The share of Canada was 4.21 per cent, while that of Australia was 3.64 per cent, Korea 2.15 per cent and Ukraine two per cent, it said.