Articles tagged “visas”

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.

Easing travel restrictions while balancing the move with security precautions is a no-brainer and Marriott and Hilton are smart to get out-front with their call for "smart visas."

With UK threatening to go into a triple dip recession, it desperately needs this.

China's move is just smart. Allowing fliers to stick around two of its most impressive cities rather than moving through will attract a new type of traveler.