The Government will extend and implement the e-Tourist Visa facility to the passport holders of China, Hong Kong Administrative Region and Macau Special Administrative Region from today. This was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his recent visit to China. With the inclusion of these countries and territories the total number of countries and territories covered under the e-Tourist Visa scheme will go up from 74 to 77.<br/><br/>E-Tourist Visa scheme launched by the Government in November last year will be extended to more countries in a phased manner. Under this scheme, tourists with e-Tourist Visas can arrive at nine designated airports in Bengaluru, Chennai, Cochin, Delhi, Goa, Hyderabad, Kolkata, and Mumbai & Trivandrum. Since the launch of the scheme, about two lakh e-Tourist Visas have been issued to nationals of different countries.