MUMBAI: Tourist arrivals to the country under the e-visa facility have jumped almost 11 times year-on-year during January-April 2015 when 94,998 tourists used the ‘e-Tourist Visa’ scheme launched in November last year.In comparison, only 8,008 tourists used the earlier ‘Visa on Arrival’ scheme during January- April 2014, according to tourism ministry data.The Visa on Arrival facility was available to citizen of 12 countries while the e-Tourist Visa (eTV) facility was launched for nationals of 43 countries. This month, the government extended the scheme to 31 more countries.Under the eTV scheme, a foreign tourist can apply for a visa by uploading his passport and photograph and paying fee online. The authorities process the application and send him/her an electronic travel authorisation, or e-visa, through email within 72 hours.India has jumped 13 ranks in the World Economic Forum Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index, 2015, said Mahesh Sharma, minister of state for tourism (independent charge), culture (independent charge) and civil aviation.In a recent ministry of tourism release, he also said the government is making all efforts to take the share of India in global tourism to 1% from the current 0.64 per cent. Tourism industry experts feel the scope and validity of the eTV scheme should be widened to get more tourists to the country."The current e visa scheme is valid only for one month and allows only single entry in to the country," said Sarab Jit Singh vice chairman at the Federation of Associations in Indian Tourism and Hospitality (FAITH). "We feel the government should increase the validity to 60 days and at least allow double entry points if not multiple entry points in to the country," he said.Singh also said the government should offer eTV facility to nationals of countries like the United Kingdom from where India gets a large share of tourists across the year.