A new pilot program for online lodgement of subclass 600 visas for Indian business and tourism visitors will be rolled out through selected travel agents in India. The Minister for Trade and Investment, Andrew Robb has announced the trial will make it easier for Indian visitors to apply for visas to travel to Australia. The Australian Government’s national tourism strategy, Tourism 2020, utilises Indias potential to contribute between $1.9 and $2.3 billion annually to our tourism industry by 2020. A trial of online visa applications will capitalise on the rapidly growing visitor market and create jobs. For the year ending September 2014, Indian visitors to Australia reached 189,866, an increase of 14.5 per cent on the previous year. Indian tourists contributed almost $800 million to the Australian economy.
Posted on: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 05:10:31 +0000