India relaxes tourist visa restrictions

India on Tuesday said it had lifted restrictions placed on tourist visas after the 2008 Mumbai attacks, which had been blamed for putting off visitors and criticized by some countries.

December 05, 2012

Talat Zaki Hafiz



NEW DELHI — India on Tuesday said it had lifted restrictions placed on tourist visas after the 2008 Mumbai attacks, which had been blamed for putting off visitors and criticized by some countries. The rule required tourists to wait for two months between visits to India – complicating regional trips and deterring regular visitors to a country that is keen to boost its tourism industry. “It has been decided to lift the restriction of the two-month gap on re-entry of foreign nationals coming to India” on a tourist visa, the home ministry said in a statement, adding the rule was changed following a government review. However, the 60-day gap rule will still apply to nationals from a number of countries including Afghanistan, China, Iran, Pakistan, Iraq, Sudan and Bangladesh, the ministry said. — AFP


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