Laos: Government Considering Single-Entry Visa With Neighbors

By Larry Habegger and Laurie Weed | Permalink | No Comments | March 19th, 2013 | Trackback

In hope of promoting tourism and other business, the government is considering a single-visa arrangement, similar to the Schengen visa available in parts of the European Union, which would allow tourists to combine a trip to neighboring Southeast Asian countries on one visa. Thailand and Cambodia struck a single-visa deal late last year, and Laos officials anticipate that a combined visa would help potential visitors to the smaller nation overcome such obstacles as unfamiliarity and lack of direct flights from other countries. Laos welcomed more than 3 million tourists in 2012, but Thailand and Cambodia both saw several times that number.

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