COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has slashed the visa fee it planned to charge from tourists from India and other SAARC countries to USD 10 from the originally planned USD 50, after New Delhi took up the issue with it.
Non-Indian and non-SAARC nation visitors would, however, be charged USD 20, officials said today.
India raised concerns in late October over Sri Lankan immigration's decision to levy a USD 50 visa processing fee under the island nation's new electronic travel authorisation system (ETA) from January 1, 2012. [ Read more ]