Articles tagged “visas”

Iceland, which tops the table, has certainly welcomed tourists in droves over the last few years. U.S. came 102 out of 140, which jibes with how it is perceived worldwide. UK is 55, twice more welcoming than U.S.

Relaxed visa regulations are the quickest path to tourism growth as Jamaica first saw when Latin American arrivals increased 50 percent following a regional visa relaxation.

Qatar and Oman top the list of the world’s fastest growing countries in travel so processes that keep the flow of foreign and domestic capital within the region are welcome by both.

Indian authorities likely have one goal in mind with the British exclusion: relaxing visa regulations for their own citizens looking to visit the UK.

This is happening just as Russian outbound tourist departures are booming, and ironically Europe is a big beneficiary of it. Sadly Russia remains paranoid about free travel within its giant environs.

The UK is toying with its immigration and visa policies strategically as it blocks entry for Eastern Europeans while simultaneously breaking down barriers for skilled residents of the emerging superpower.

This is real human network expanding right before our eyes, using visa-on-arrival as the new global currency.

U.S. officials have to be breathing a sigh of relief that the Brits are acting so poorly towards would-be visitors -- it's enough to make those long lines for a U.S. visa seem not so bad after all.

Visa-on-arrival, the new currency of the globally-connected world.

It's no coincidence that a wave of eased visa restrictions ended in the same year in which more than one billion tourists crossed borders for the first time ever.