Al-Bahar told KUNA that the state's official e-gate saw 1,483 visitors in the first half of 2012, compared to 896 visitors of the same period last year; an increase of 65%.
The number of hits came from 158 different countries around the globe, he noted, adding that 1.2 million hits came from inside Kuwait or 81.3 percent.
The number of pages browsed for the first half of 2012 amounted to 3.671 million; a 2.47 page per visitor.
There were 613,000 new visitors recorded as of June 2012; an increase of 41% compared to the same period of last year where 414,000 new visitors hit the e-gate website.
The most e-services used on the official website are Individuals Traffic Violations, Travel Ban Inquiry, Violations Payment (Traffic and Immigration), in addition to lawsuits filed against citizens or expatriates respectively.
Vehicle Traffic Violations Inquiry, Civil ID Renewal, arrest warrants were also used frequently as well.
Tasdeed, the electronic prepaid government system was introduced to facilitate citizens and residents to pay power and water bills, traffic, immigration, phone bills, legal fees, civil identification cards.
The e-gate also provides information on Kuwait's culture, tourist attractions, health services at all medical centers and hospitals in the country. It also offers reports on weather conditions, reports on main news, aviation information in addition to currency exchange rates.
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Quelle/Source: Kuwait News Agency, 15.07.2012
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