Tourist arrivals in India through visa on arrival increases at 120.99% 

The tourist arrivals through visa on arrival increased at a CAGR of 120.99 per cent during 2010-17 to reach 1,697,175 tourists in 2017, as per a Tourism and Hospitality report by IBEF. Indian government has also released a fresh category of visa – the medical visa or M visa, to encourage medical tourism in India. Foreign tourist arrivals for medical purpose increased from 427,014 in 2016 to 495,056 in 2017(P). 

In June 2019, the Indian government approved 166 countries under the visa on arrival scheme to attract additional foreign tourists.

• Albania
• Andorra
• Angola
• Anguilla
• Antigua & Barbuda
• Argentina
• Armenia
• Aruba
• Australia
• Austria
• Azerbaijan
• Bahamas
• Barbados
• Belgium
• Belize
• Bolivia
• Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Botswana
• Brazil
• Brunei
• Bulgaria
• Burundi
• Cambodia
• Cameroon Union Republic
• Canada
• Cape Verde
• Cayman Island
• Chile
• China
• China- SAR Hongkong
• China- SAR Macau
• Colombia
• Comoros
• Cook Islands
• Costa Rica
• Cote d’lvoire
• Croatia
• Cuba
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Djibouti
• Dominica
• Dominican Republic
• East Timor
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Eritrea
• Estonia
• Fiji
• Finland
• France
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Georgia
• Germany
• Ghana
• Greece
• Grenada
• Guatemala
• Guinea
• Guyana
• Haiti
• Honduras
• Hungary
• Iceland
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Ireland
• Israel
• Italy
• Jamaica
• Japan
• Jordan
• Kazakhstan
• Kenya
• Kiribati
• Kyrgyzstan
• Laos
• Latvia
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Liechtenstein
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Malaysia
• Mali
• Malta
• Marshall Islands
• Mauritius
• Mexico
• Micronesia
• Moldova
• Monaco
• Mongolia
• Montenegro
• Montserrat
• Mozambique
• Myanmar
• Namibia
• Nauru
• Netherlands
• New Zealand
• Nicaragua
• Niger Republic
• Niue Island
• Norway
• Oman
• Palau
• Palestine
• Panama
• Papua New Guinea
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Philippines
• Poland
• Portugal
• Qatar
• Republic of Korea
• Republic of Macedonia
• Romania
• Russia
• Rwanda
• Saint Christopher and Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
• Samoa
• San Marino
• Saudi Arabia
• Senegal
• Serbia
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone
• Singapore
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Solomon Islands
• South Africa
• Spain
• Sri Lanka
• Suriname
• Swaziland
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Taiwan
• Tajikistan
• Tanzania
• Thailand
• Tonga
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Turks & Caicos Island
• Tuvalu
• UAE
• Uganda
• Ukraine
• United Kingdom
• Uruguay
• USA
• Uzbekistan
• Vanuatu
• Vatican City-Holy See
• Venezuela
• Vietnam
• Zambia and Zimbabwe

*Updated as on 10th AUG 2019