Modi Government has taken a bold step towards liberalizing the visa regime for more foreign friendly countries. Germany, the US and the Israel are now among 43 countries of the world whose citizens can get the visa on line within 94 hours of applying for the same. Commenting on new visa regime Indian Association of Tour Operators President said that this would be a major step in promoting trade, commerce and tourism in the country. Software for the system has become operational at the international airports of Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram and Goa. Launching e-visa system has brought India in line with many developed countries of the West that have already the system as fully functional. As the Government is interested in upgrading facilities for tourists, we expect the Tourism Ministry at the Centre brace up larger number of incoming tourists in years to come. There is still much to be done to claim that our tourism industry is developing along international lines. Apart from providing necessary and state of art tourist infrastructure, what we really need on national and on State level is inculcating tourism culture among the stakeholders. We are deficient in that area as yet and we should not allow indefinite delay in coming up to mark.
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