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Sri Lanka has announced visa-free travel for Indian citizens from October 2024. [7] Kenya and Iran announced visa-free travel for Indian citizens starting in January 2024. Thailand implemented visa-free entry for tourism, with stays up to 60 days. This will be in effect for six months starting from 15 July 2024 .
As of 2024, Sri Lankan citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 44 countries and territories, ranking the Sri Lankan passport 97th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index. [1] This has hampered the ability of Sri Lankan business people to travel and connect with peers and maintain a globally competitive outlook. [2 ...
As of 16 July 2024, the Singaporean passport offers holders visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to a total of 195 countries [23] and territories, [24] followed by the Japanese, French, German, Italian, and Spanish passports offer holders visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to a total of 192 countries followed by the Austrian, Finnish, Irish ...
Sri Lanka's cabinet approved issuing free tourist visas to visitors from 35 countries including China, India and Russia, a top official said on Thursday, in an effort to boost tourism and help ...
Sri Lanka earned $1.3 billion from tourism in the first eight months of 2023, up from $833 million dollars during the same period last year, according to the central bank. (Reporting by Uditha ...
Holders of a Interpol Passport, regardless of nationality, do not need a visa to enter Sri Lanka for a maximum stay of up to 90 days. Planned pilot visa-free program. On August 21, 2024, a cabinet decision was made to allow visa-free travel to 35 countries, including the USA, UK, Canada, Russia, Thailand, and Indonesia, from October 1, 2024.
The standard visitor visa allows a stay of 60 days within any 6-month period. [19] Visa fees (for Standard visitor visa): SAARC - USD 35; Non SAARC - USD 75; e-Visa categories will be charged an additional USD 18.50 service fee. If transiting from any of the Sri Lankan airports, An e-Visa is exempted (2 day transit period).
It was also revealed that the list of visa on arrival countries was unlikely to be expanded in 2014. [55] In November 2014 it was announced that the e-visa system might be rolled out for about 25 countries including the 13 countries that were already eligible for visa on arrival. [56]