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Libya Must Ease Visa Processing to Improve Country’s Tourism

About 300 000 tourists annually visit Libya, one of the largest African countries. If compared to 6 mln visitors in Morocco and Tunisia and 8.5 mln travelers, who come to Egypt every year, Libya gets just 0.5 % of all tourists in the Middle East and North Africa. Nevertheless, the country showed its potential when it welcomed more than 7 000 foreigners in March to view a solar eclipse. The event has... [Read more about this property]

Russian Officials Let British Explorers Travel across the Country

British explorers Karl Bushby and Dimitry Kieffer are back on track after Russian officials changed their mind about their expulsion for violating border crossing rules. Bushby and Kieffer appealed the ruling by the Chukotka district court of April 14, on a 2,000-rouble fine and administrative expulsion which entails a five-year travel ban to Russia. The travellers are still to pay a fine of 2 000... [Read more about this property]

Visa Free Travel to Russia for Chinese Tourists

About 200 000 Chinese tourists come to Russia annually. To attract even more visitors from China, visa free travel to Russia has been arranged for its citizens. A tourist must have a valid passport and register at a travel agency approved by the Russian Tourism Bureau. This will save him $50 of visa application fee and 7 days of visa processing. The average tour cost has also gone down to approximately... [Read more about this property]

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