During the month of February, 2017 total of 1.70 lakh tourist arrived on e-Tourist Visa as compared to 1.17 lakh during the month of February 2016 registering a growth of 45.2%.
· During January- February 2017, a total of 32.18 lakh tourist arrived on e-Tourist Visa as compared to 20.54 lakh during January-February 2016, registering a growth of 56.7% .
· The percentage shares of top 15 source countries availing e- Tourist Visa facilities during February, 2017 were as follows:
UK (26.1%), USA (11.0%), France (7.3%), Russian Fed (7.3%), China (5.1%), Germany (4.8%), Canada (3.9%), Australia (3.4%), Korea (Rep.of) (2.2%), Netherlands (1.9%), Ukraine (1.5%), South Africa (1.5%), Spain (1.3%), Singapore (1.2%) and Sweden (1.2%).
The percentage shares of top 15 ports in tourist arrivals on e-Tourist Visa during February, 2017 were as follows:-
New Delhi Airport (42.0%), Mumbai Airport (19.6%), Dabolim (Goa) Airport (13.3%), Chennai Airport (6.3%), Bengaluru Airport (4.9%), Kochi Airport (3.6%), Kolkata Airport (2.3%), Hyderabad Airport (2.0%) Trivandrum Airport (1.7%), Amritsar Airport (1.7%), Ahmadabad Airport (1.5%), Jaipur Airport (0.5%), Tirchy Airport (0.4%), Gaya Airport (0.2%)and Lucknow Airport(0.1%) .