Indian tourists can now book their Eiffel Tower trip using India’s Unified Payment Interface (UPI). The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has partnered with French e-commerce and proximity payments Lyra to ensure UPI payment is accepted in France.
The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has announced that tourists visiting Paris’ Eiffel Tower can now book their trip using India’s Unified Payment Interface (UPI). The NPCI’s NPCI International Payments (NIPL) has partnered with French e-commerce and proximity payments Lyra to ensure the UPI payment mechanism is accepted in the European country, starting with the Eiffel Tower.
Indian tourists can now book their visit to the Eiffel Tower by purchasing tickets online using UPI, making the transaction process quick, easy, and hassle-free. The announcement was made in Paris at an event organized by the Indian Embassy in France to celebrate India’s Republic Day. At present, Indian tourists rank as the second largest group of international visitors to the Eiffel Tower.
The service will soon be extended to other merchants in the tourism and retail space across France and Europe. NIPL’s chief executive Ritesh Shukla aims to enable acceptance of NPCI’s payment solutions in international markets to create an interoperable global payment system.
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Indian tourists can now book their visit to Eiffel Tower using India’s Unified Payment Interface (UPI), according to the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). The NPCI’s NPCI International Payments (NIPL) has partnered with French e-commerce and proximity payments Lyra to ensure the UPI payment mechanism is accepted in the European country. The service will soon be extended to other merchants in the tourism and retail space across France and Europe.
