Introduction of e-visa at the Trichy International Airport set to woo foreign tourists
With e-visa to be introduced at the Trichy International Airport by the end of this month, tourism is all set to get a boost with the arrival of foreign tourists.
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has set up four dedicated counters for foreign tourists to avail their visa on arrival. According to aviation officials, the facility will be launched in seven other airports across the country where arrival of overseas passengers has gone up over the years.
After the central government provided the facility to nine airports a month ago, another set of seven airports were also selected based on the arrival of overseas passengers. Besides Trichy, the e-visa facility will come up in Gaya, Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Jaipur and Lucknow.
Senior officials from the immigration and emigration department have been visiting the Trichy airport for inspecting the infrastructural arrangements.
"Four counters with all the high-end facilities for the tourist to obtain e-visa without any hiccups are being set up. Web cameras, scanners, computers and bio-metric devices to record the fingerprints are also being installed," said a top official belonging to the immigration department.
The official said the system will be rolled out by the end of this month. It will be rolled out simultaneously in all the seven airports across the country.
Trichy airport receives flights from Singapore, Malayasia, Sri Lanka and Dubai and the number of passengers has been growing every year.
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has set up four dedicated counters for foreign tourists to avail their visa on arrival. According to aviation officials, the facility will be launched in seven other airports across the country where arrival of overseas passengers has gone up over the years.
After the central government provided the facility to nine airports a month ago, another set of seven airports were also selected based on the arrival of overseas passengers. Besides Trichy, the e-visa facility will come up in Gaya, Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Jaipur and Lucknow.
Senior officials from the immigration and emigration department have been visiting the Trichy airport for inspecting the infrastructural arrangements.
"Four counters with all the high-end facilities for the tourist to obtain e-visa without any hiccups are being set up. Web cameras, scanners, computers and bio-metric devices to record the fingerprints are also being installed," said a top official belonging to the immigration department.
The official said the system will be rolled out by the end of this month. It will be rolled out simultaneously in all the seven airports across the country.
Trichy airport receives flights from Singapore, Malayasia, Sri Lanka and Dubai and the number of passengers has been growing every year.
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