India is a fantastic tourist destination and year on year has seen growth, now that the global recession has hit and terrorism bombing, tourism is down for the first time.  It is now imperative in today’s climate to reduce any barriers for tourist choosing another country over India.

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The main issue is the tourist / visitor visa that’s required, which seems incredibly outdated and unnecessary in today’s global market.  For example travellers from the UK can go to 100′s of countries with out the need of filling out time consuming forms and paying for a Visa.  When people decide on where to go, they will more likely choose a country where there is no need to get a visa before travelling.  In today’s busy world people just don’t have the time or the will to waste a day for the sake of bureaucracy fill out forms / sit in embassies or worry about sending their passport in the post.

We have heard nightmare stories from potential travellers, both leisure and business about the difficulties of getting a visa, due to forms being incorrectly filled out, wrong payments, etc.  If you have any stories please follow the link below and we will post them on this site.

Our goal now is to rally support form tourism businesses and travellers, to help put pressure on the Indian Government to change the way they demand a Visa and do it how most countries around the world do it.  When you arrive in a country you fill out a card, the passport control stamps your passport and you have to leave the country within 120 to 180 days.  See nice and simple, no need to fill out forms and pay money to get into a country that you are going to spend money in anyway.

The real negatives we have found with the visa system is:

  • Hotels find it difficult to get last minute deals sold to potential customers if they do not have a visa.
  • Travellers will choose other countries over India who do not demand a visa.
  • Visitors are put off by the cost and hassle of getting a visa

It’s very difficult on the real cost of how much business is being lost because of the visa, but one thing is for sure India is loosing out on tourism busniess whether its, leisure, business or medical.

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