Tourists availing e-Visa facility up 197% in Aug
A total of 66,097 tourists arrived in India using the e-Tourist Visa facility during August, registering a 196.6% year-on-year growth. This may be attributed to the introduction of the facility for 150 countries as against the earlier coverage of 113 countries, the government said. The UK (19.4%), the USA (13.2%), and China (6.7%) were the top source countries in August.