OTOAI, the Outbound Tour Operators Association of India, has asked all diplomatic missions in India, mainly the European countries asking them to issue gratis (free) visas for all those with valid visas and who could not travel due to the pandemic outbreak. 

“There are many travellers with travel plans from March to July. These travellers had already applied and received their visas for the travel but were unable to travel. We have asked most of the European embassies requesting them to issue a gratis visa to such people,’’ says Riaz Munshi, president of OTOAI.

Munish says that such a move would encourage Indian tourists to travel as they would not have to go through the headache and expense of another visa