Tag: Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan is not usually the first destination that comes to a conventional traveller when they plan their trips. But, here’s some good news to make it in your bucket list. Kazakhstan has introduced a single-entry electronic visa for citizens of 117 countries. An electronic business or tourist visa or one for medical treatment will be issued to travellers from all these countries including India. However, to obtain the visa, you need to produce a valid invitation from a person or agency. The passport provided by the visa recipient should not cause doubts in authenticity and belonging to its owner or ... Read more

Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) has been conduction promotional activities aimed at reinforcing ties with the key stakeholders in the tourism industry and to explore new opportunities. As part of the promotional activities, a tourism delegation led by the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) has conducted a road-show to Kazakhstan and Ukraine, two key destinations within the Commonwealth of Independent States, to attract more tourists form these places. Ferrari World, Abu Dhabi As per the relaxed visa rules, Ukrainian travellers can have a visa on arrival when reaching ... Read more

Travellers from Russia, China and Iran can now enter the Sultanate of Oman without a pre-entry tourist visa. The move is an extension of new visa policy introduced by Oman in March including the new online application process. By this Oman joined its neighbour UAE in relaxing the visa policies for travellers from Russia and China in the recent years. The Sultanate had already facilitated visa on arrival for travellers from 68 countries including USA, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom and the European Union’s Schengen area. Russia, China and Iran are the latest to join the list. Since UAE granted visa ... Read more

Russia is facing a huge drop in tourist arrivals to the US and Britain. The tour operators are pointing this drop is as part of the political bias that exists between the two countries. Moreover, with the reverse in US visa policy, a lot of travellers are facing lag in acquiring visa from the authorities. “A decrease in the flow of Russian tourists to the US is expected precisely because of difficulties with obtaining visas,” said Maya Lomidze, Russian Tour Operators Association acting director. In the case of Britan, the country is also facing a huge drop on the occasion ... Read more

Hainan, a small southern island province of China, plans to offer visa-free on arrival for over 59 countries. According to media reports, the policy might come into force from 1st May in which the travellers are permitted to stay for over 30 days. As part of the new policy, individual tourist and groups from countries namely Britain, France, Germany, and the United States, can visit Hainan visa-free and stay there for up to 30 days on conditions. However, since 2000 Haina has offered a 15-day visa-free stay for over 21 countries, which was extended to more countries back in 2010. The ... Read more