Ha!

But think about the mass market tourism that is not flyertalk - everything from Backpackers to £700 holidays to Goa - ok, probably not our mutual cup of tea, but a big chunk of India's tourism industry will be affected by this. There is only so much Luxury Tourism... I've seen in Indonesia how short sightedness visa rules can massively impact local communities. Just need to visit Lake Toba which was once the 3rd most visited tourist destination in the country - destroyed by introducing a 30 day US$25 visa rule for most of the world (when it was previously a free 90 day visa). Gone went the 'banana pancake circuit' of backpackers who travelled from Bangkok - Australia overland to Bali. And on the back of backpackers came the richer tourists. There is some horrendous poverty in parts of Sumatra now as the tourism industry as dried up.

Anyway - as a 'Brit' I think I can take the moral high ground on this - as long as i'm not hypocritical in applying it. As they say 'Travel is the only thing you spend money on that makes you richer' - I want more Brits to visit India for months on end like I did when I was 18, similarly, I want Indians to come and spend their new found wealth in the shops of London without our immigration officers making them feel like potential refugees...