Indian travellers have received a welcomed boost, after France and Japan both agreed to ease their visa processes.
The French Minister for Foreign Affairs & International Development, Laurent Fabius, revealed recently that from January 2015 Indians will be issued visas within 48 hours of application.
And the Japanese government also confirmed this week that it has started issuing multiple entry visas for Indian nationals.
The travel trade has welcomed the decisions. Commenting on the French initiative, Thomas Cook India’s managing director, Madhavan Menon, said he expected the move would have an “impactful resonance in uptake” among Indian travellers.
“We applaud this highly impactful strategic move on the part of the French government,” said Menon. “For the rapidly evolving Indian traveller… France has always had that magical ‘brag-factor’ allure and this pro-tourism initiative will catapult France to top of India’s favourite destinations.”
Following the Japanese announcement, Ryoichi Matsuyama, president of the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO), said that he hoped that “more and more Indian people will take benefit of this facility to visit Japan”.
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