Tourists from 11 countries can now avail of visa-on-arrival (VoA) facility at four additional airports in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram. The Union home ministry has approved introduction of the tourist VoA facility at these airports with effect from August 15, according to minister of state for home Mullapally Ramachandran.

So far, the tourists could get visa-on-arrival only upon disembarking at international airports in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata. This facility — now available to the nationals of New Zealand, Singapore, Japan, Finland, Luxembourg, the Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Indonesia and Myanmar -- was introduced by the MHA in 2009.

Ramachandran said the civil aviation ministry will provide logistical support to implement the TVoA facility and also inform airport operators. "The airport operators have to put up display boards in pre-immigration area for the tourists seeking TVoA facility. The airlines operating on the concerned routes must also take requisite action for smooth implementation of the TVoA scheme," he told newspersons.

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