Dubai has activated its visa-on- arrival facility to Indian nationals holding a valid US visa or a green card, media reports said today. The first Indian national to avail the facility arrived in Dubai yesterday, the Khaleej Times reported. Posting a picture of the passenger on Instagram, the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (Dubai), announced his arrival. Earlier in March, the UAE Cabinet had approved a decision to grant Indian passport holders with either a valid US visa or a green card a visa-on-arrival from May 1. The number of Indian tourists coming to the UAE in 2016 reached about 1.6 million Indian tourists, and there were about 50,000 UAE tourists who visited India in the same year.

Source: dna May 02, 2017 15:56 UTC