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Centre gears up to resume issuing tourist visas in a phased manner

In a bid to boost the economy as daily Covid-19 cases in the country have come down, the Central government is considering to resume issuing tourist visas very soon, confirmed a Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) official on September 15.

A senior MHA official confirmed that things have been formalised and a meeting has been called in the Ministry of Home Affairs.

The official said that it will be done in a phased manner and as per the feasibility, it will be open to all. The government is likely to allow only vaccinated people to apply for tourist visas.

Tourist visas are suspended since March 2020, from the day the first lockdown was announced. Later, several categories of visas like business, employment and others were exempted but tourist visas remained suspended.

Many Gulf countries have resumed tourist visas. Before the suspension of tourist visas, around 7-8 lakh tourists used to come to India every month.

Covid-19 has severely affected the tourism industry, resulting in job losses and shutdowns of hotels and restaurants. (Source HT)

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