Gift kit consisting SIM card for tourists arriving on e-visa soon

Tourists landing in India on e-tourist visa would soon be getting a "gift kit" from Tourism Ministry which would consist of SIM card, among other things.

"This will be gift from Tourism Ministry...it will be handed over to the tourists arriving in India on e-tourist visa," a Tourism Ministry source said.

The "gift" would consist of a SIM card which the tourists can use for making calls after they have recharged it.

Besides, it would also consist of maps, booklets and CD with information about various tourists destinations, guidelines relating to dos and don'ts, details regarding whom to contact in case of any emergency, among other things.

Initially, it would cover the tourists arriving on e-visa and later to other categories, the source said.