Asia Immigration News

Indonesia looking for 3,50,000 tourists from India this year March 14, 2016

According to a report, Indonesia is focusing on raising the number of tourists from India to Indonesia. The Tourism Ministry had recently held a annual event in Mumbai, and it was revealed that last year around 2,62,000 tourists from India has visited Indonesia. And the Tourism Ministry has set an aim of luring around ...

More than one lakh people visited India on its e-tourist visa last month March 12, 2016

Around 1,17,210 tourists has arrived in India on its electronic tourist visa previous month when compared to just 24,985 during same period previous year, with an increase of 369.1%.As per the inputs from Tourism Ministry, the UK continues to remain at top position followed by the US and France among the other countrie...

Indian Diaspora making key contribution to the GDP of the UK March 09, 2016

According to Navtej Sarna, India High Commissioner to the UK, though Indians accounts for 1.8% in the population of the UK but they contribute around 6% to their GDP.He said that the Indian diaspora is among the biggest ethnic minority communities in the UK with around 1.8% of population and contributing 6% to the GDP ...

India has filed a complaint with WTO against US over visa fee issue March 05, 2016

India has filed a complaint with WTO regarding the matter of US temporary visa fee issue. It has challenged the system of US who hands out the temporary work visas to overseas nationals.WTO has said that the complaint has been made with regard to the fee that has been charged by the US for certain visas that are made a...

Visa on arrival for citizen of Japan from 1st March 2016 March 01, 2016

India is going to provide the facility of visa on arrival to the citizens of Japan, and it is predicted that it would help in increasing the business and travel tourists.The facility which is being offered to the citizen from Japan would be an up gradation of the e-Tourist visa that is presently provided to the citizen...

Philippines Tourism targets to lure 1,00,000 tourists from India February 27, 2016

The Philippines is expected to welcome around 1,00,000 tourists from India by the year 2017. The Tourism Department of Philippines had conducted the road show called as Visit the Philippines Year 2016 targeting to attract around 2000 tourists from India.The Philippines Tourism Department had also participated in the cu...

Around 10 Lakh e-tourist visa to be issued this year February 27, 2016

Over 10 lakh foreigners are estimated to get the facility of highly successful e-tourist visa which is now being offered to around 150 nations this year, and which is almost double than the previous year.According to the official sources, last year, around five lakh overseas tourists has availed the facility of this e-...

Malaysia might extend e-visa to travelers from India February 26, 2016

Malaysia is planning to extend its facility of e-tourist visa to the Indian tourists as it hope to lure around 10 lakh travelers this year. Around 7, 22,141 tourists from India had traveled to Malaysia previous year.According to Dato Daljit Singh, Advisor, Tourism and Culture Minister, we are looking for 10 lakh Indian...

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