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Philippines will Continue to Issue Visas on Controversial Chinese e-Passport

The Philippines immigration depart has announced that Chinese nationals will continue to receive visas on the new Chinese e-passport despite the controversies it has generated. Philippines government, however, has recorded protest with Chinese government for showing disputed territories as part of China on the map printed on the e-passport. Chinese nationals are among the largest [...]

US Exempts Indians from Personal Interviews for Certain Visas

United States (US) Ambassador to India Nancy Powell has announced Interview Waiver Programme allowing applicants obtaining visa without requiring interview in person at US visa posts when applied under certain visa categories. Ms. Powell was addressing a seminar to promote US tourism. The US Ambassador said, “US Department of State has implemented a programme that [...]

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Israel Mulling Over Laxed Visa Requirements for Indians

Israel will invest $660,000 in India and is planning to lax visa requirements in a bid to double the tourist inflow over the period of next three years. Every year estimated 50,000 Indian tourists visit Israel and similar number of Israeli visitors arrives in India. Israel’s tourism minister, Stas Misezhnikov addressed a press conference jointly [...]

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Philippines Allows Visa Free Entry for Indian Visitors

Philippines will allow Indian nationals meeting certain conditions to enter the country for a maximum period of 21 days without securing visa from a visa office in India in a bid to attract more tourist influx to boost the tourism industry. Indian government already had included Filipinos in the Tourist visa on arrival programme since [...]

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Macedonia Exempts Visa Requirements for Russians

Macedonia Prime Minister Nicola Gruevski has announced exemption of visa requirements for the visitors from Russia who will be staying for less than one year in a bid to boost tourism in the country. The Prime Minister said in an interview with ITER-TASS, “In our opinion, this will become the latest step in our efforts to attract Russian [...]

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Consulate General of Thailand in Mumbai, India has inaugurated a new Thai Visa Application and Processing Centre in the Indian city of Pune to cater the growing number of tourists from the region. Cox and Kings Global Services (CKGS) has been awarded the contract to open Thai Visa Application and Processing Centre in five Western [...]

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Burma will issue visa on arrival and business visa to certain tourists and business travellers arriving in the country starting June 1, 2012. The visa on arrival facility will be available to the citizens of the member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, and [...]

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Citizens of the  Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries will likely be able to visit Kazakhstan for two weeks without requiring entry visa.  Kazakhstan is planning to ease the visa requirements for about 47 countries in a bid to boost number of tourists visiting the country. Kazakhstan received 5.6 million tourists during [...]

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Cruise passengers sailing along the coastal line of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries will require only single visa to enter all the six member states. The single tourist visa for cruise ship travelers is expected to come into forces later in September this year. UAE’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) Executive Director for [...]

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Canada has launched the tourism week 2012 starting from May 14 and ending on May 20.  Canada has world class destinations and attractions to offer to the visiting tourists from around the world. The tourism week is to mark the importance of the tourism industry in the economic growth of the country. Minister of State [...]

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