new delhi over 66000 travellers arrived in india on etourist visa in august this year recording a growth of about 197 per cent over the same period last yearamong the countries availing etourist visa facility the uk occupied the top slot followed by the us and china the union tourism ministry said in a statementduring the month of august 2016 a total of 66097 tourist arrived on etourist visa as compared to 22286 during the month of august 2015 registering a growth of 1966 per cent it saidduring januaryaugust this year a total of 606493 tourist arrived on etourist visa as compared to 169976 during the corresponding period last year witnessing a a growth of 2568 per centthis high growth may be attributed to introduction of etourist visa for 150 countries as against the earlier coverage of 113 countries the statement saidlaunched on november 27 2014 the facility was initially available for citizens of 113 countries arriving at 16 airports in indiait was later extended for citizens of 37 more countriesamong the top 10 source countries availing the facility in august the uk share was maximum with 194 per cent followed by the us 132 per cent china 67 per cent france 64 per cent spain 61 per cent uae 55 per centthe share of germany was 46 per cent while that of australia 37 per cent canada 35 per cent and korea 24 per cent