TAIWAN has relaxed visa regulations and waived visa fees for high-end tour groups hailing from its five new source markets, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines and India, in hopes of enouraging arrival growth. To qualify for the new visa policy which will be in place from November 1 this year until December 31, 2016, the group… Read More »

Deputy head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO) said nationals of 190 countries can obtain a visa to visit Iran on arrival at the airport. Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency, Morteza Rahmani Movahed said the tourist visa program at the airport excludes nationals from several countries, including the US, Britain and… Read More »

Thailand’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA) has confirmed that it will be launching a new six-month multiple-entry tourist visa (METV) starting this Friday, the travelandtourworld.com website reported on Saturday. The visa, at a cost of 5,000 Thai baht, will allow travelers multiple entries during a 6-month period, for up to 60 days per entry. All… Read More »

Visitors to Thailand may apply for a multiple entry tourist visa so they could come and go and come again at their own conveniences. Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman Sek Wannamethee said on Thursday those coming to Thailand may apply for the multiple entry tourist visa and pay 5,000 baht (about 139 U.S. dollars) in fee.… Read More »

Addressing the travel trade at the Visit Britain’s 2nd edition of Great Tourism Week (GTW) in New Delhi yesterday, James Bevan, British High Commissioner to India, revealed that 350,000 visas have been issued to the Indian travellers in the first six months of this year, which is a 15% increase over the same period a… Read More »

Singapore has secured the top position in the list of most preferred overseas destination for Indian travellers in first half of this year, replacing Dubai, a Hotels.com’s Hotel Price Index (HPI) survey said. The data is drawn from bookings made on the thousands of hotels on the Hotels.com websites worldwide. Hotels.com is a leading online… Read More »