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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The British embassy in Russia is planning to open visa application centres in 11 Russian cities. These centres will accept visa fees and check the correctness of visa application forms. All visa decisions will be made in the embassy in Moscow and in its consulates in St.Petersburg and Yekaterinburg.
Such measures aim to simplify visa […]

Russia and the European Union plan to sign an agreement on easing visa regulations by the end of May, 2005, before or during an EU-Russian summit planned for May 25 in Sochi.
The President of Russia Vladimir Putin ordered the foreign ministry to sign the agreement on a simplified visa regime on behalf of the Russian […]

French tourist industry lost €208 million (J138 million) after the country’s government was unable to deliver new biometric passports required for visa-free travel to the US on time.
The US says that all passports issued after October 26, 2005, must contain a digital photograph of the holder and a microchip. Otherwise, the owner will need […]

The World Travel and Tourism agency (WTTC) conducted a research on tourism industries in 174 countries, including Russia. Yesterday, an in-depth report was presented to the Russian Government and the Federal Tourism Agency, stating that Russia is going to become one of the leading tourist destinations by 2016.
The WTTC report contained economic projections and […]

Great historical and cultural value and natural beauty give Pakistan all chances to become one of the most visited tourists’ destinations in Asia.
Yesterday Prime Minister of Pakistan Shaukat Aziz has emphasized to Ministry of Tourism that considerable work should be done to promote tourism in the country.
Among his recommendations there were such as liberalization […]

In order to facilitate tourism in southern regions of Iran, the country cabinet ministers have agreed to allow 7 day visa issue for foreign visitors in two southern airports Bushehr and Asalouye.
The cabinet ministers have made an agreement with the Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organisation of Iran, Control and Inspection Office of the Environmental […]

Today the US has faced an incredible slump in travel industry. The 48 million foreign visitors to the USA last year was 9 percent below 2000. In the same period, worldwide foreign travel soared 17 percent. The intention to improve the US boarders’ security after Sept. 11th, 2001 has caused incredible toughening of visa issue […]