More British travellers visiting India are availing the e-visa

The number of British travellers availing e-visa for travelling to India has increased significantly in the last few years alone. In the year 2015, when it was introduced in the UK, the number of travellers who availed it was 82,751, but then, it increased to as much as 3,27,798 in the year 2017.
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When it comes to the in-person visa, the number of travellers from United Kingdom who applied for the same for coming to India was 2,33,005 in 2015, but it decreased to 1,03,233 in 2017.
As far as the costs for these visas are concerned, UK citizens need to spend lesser amount for the e-visa as compared to the in-person visa. While the e-visa to India costs around 53 pounds (excluding 2.5 percent bank charges), the in-person visa costs nearly 120 pounds.


“India is a very important destination for the UK travel industry with almost a million visits in 2017, a combination of leisure, business trips eand people visiting friends and family,” a spokesperson of the Association of British Travel Agents said.

“The introduction of the e-visa system has helped make the process of visiting India much more straightforward, but it is important that applicants always use the official application channels to avoid unnecessary charges,” he added.

Even though getting the e-visa is easier, the permits in this differ from that of an in-person visa. With the e-visa, a British traveller can visit India twice within a 60-day period, whereas with the in-person visa, the same person can visit the country multiple times in a six-month period.