Government likely to introduce visa-on-arrival soon

In a bid to ease visa norms, the Government is likely to introduce visa-on-arrival facility at Indian airports soon. Tourism minister Ambika Soni said the facility would be made available as soon as infrastructure at major airports like Delhi and Mumbai had been upgraded. "In my interaction with the ministries of home affairs and civil aviation, I was told that there was not enough infrastructure at major airports for visa-on-arrival. But once these are in place, then visa on arrival facility can be considered," the minister said. Soni added that her ministry had approached the finance ministry for tax incentives and was hoping to get some relief. Soni was speaking at the National Tourism Awards function held recently.

Amongst the recipients were Champaner-Pawagarh archaeological park for the best maintained tourist friendly monument and the Panna national park that received the award for the best maintained tourist friendly national park. Kerala topped the hospitality sector by bagging three awards - for best state in tourism, innovative use of tourism website and rural tourism. The best rural tourism award was shared by Kerala and Orissa for their development of villages of Aranmula and Raghurajpur. Among the north-eastern states, Sikkim stood out as the best tourist destination.

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