After launching visa on arrival (VoA) facility for Pakistani senior citizens, India has initiated the process to provide the group tourist visa on a reciprocal basis.
The group tourist visa was to be launched from March 15, but missed the deadline due to tension between the two countries after violation of ceasefire on the LoC.
A senior Indian Home Ministry official said, “The moment New Delhi gets the list of authorised tour operators from Islamabad, the ‘group tourist’ visa would be launched. India has already identified 18 such tour\travel operators on its side and shared it with Pakistan.”
According to the new liberalised visa pact between the two countries, the group tourist visa would be offered for 30 days to tourists traveling in groups with not less than 10 members and not more than 50 members, organised by approved tour operators or travel agents.