The World's Least Restrictive Countries for Inbound Visitors
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The United States and Europe are still mired in the visa regimes -- as their exclusion from these lists shows -- to their own long term detriment. Meanwhile, many African countries are easing up their visa requirements as the continent seeks to attract businesses and travelers in equal measure.
One of the most unsung tools of travel and tourism development worldwide over the last decade has been the opening up of the visa regime.
At the beginning of 2008, destinations around the world required, on average, 77% of the world’s population to obtain a traditional visa before visiting. This percentage went down to 75% in 2010 and further down to 64% in 2013.
On one hand, as vast previously underdeveloped swathes of the world build up as the emerging economies, the
