With international flight operations resuming on Sunday on a regular basis after two years, the Centre has restored all categories of tourist visas for foreign nationals.
All tourist visas were suspended on March 23, 2020 due to COVID-19.
Union Minister of State for Tourism G. Kishan Reddy told reporters in Hyderabad on Sunday that visas will be given free for 5 lakh foreign tourists on first come-first serve basis. The Centre has alerted all the State governments and domestic and international tour and travel operators about the resumption of flight operations and visa concessions aimed to bring the tourism sector on recovery path.
