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A total of 11 countries are allowed Visa on Arrival and in addition to those countries the Ministry of Home Affairs has approved to include 3 new European countries to the list: France, Germany and Russia. According to the Cushman & Wakefield Survival to Supremacy report released in September 2012, this is expected to maintain the growth of the number of FTAs in to the country, allowing the country to become a major tourist destination, which in turn is expected to boost travel and tourism’s contribution to GDP by 7.3 percent. Source: Survival to Supremacy/Cushman & Wakefield Japan overtook New Zealand and has been granted  1872  visas on arrival this year. The processing fee which is about $60 is said to reportedly pinch the Japanese tourists who have expressed their unhappiness over the high fees charged by New Delhi to grant them such a visa.  In the case of Japan, people seeking Indian visa from the Embassy in Tokyo pay only US $18. New Zealand ha...