The Hawaiian tourism office in Taiwan launched a promotional tour package on Wednesday in cooperation with local travel agencies to take advantage of a potential tourism boost from Taiwan’s inclusio
The Hawaiian tourism office in Taiwan launched a promotional tour package on Wednesday in cooperation with local travel agencies to take advantage of a potential tourism boost from Taiwan’s inclusion in the US’ Visa-Waiver Program.
The Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau’s office in Taipei said the seven-day tour would depart from Taiwan on Nov. 1 the day Taiwan’s US visa-waiver status takes effect and will cost under NT$70,000 (US$2,380) per person.
Tourist flights between the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) were interrupted at the end of November when the Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Program
Tourist flights between the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) were interrupted at the end of November when the Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Program took effect, which prohibited visitors from the PRC and the Russian Federation from entering the CNMI visa-free.
Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan, Congressional Representative for the Marianas Islands issued a letter to US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton yestgerday to address this issue. Representative Sablan’s letter reads:
It is largely credited to the persistence of the President of Reunion Island Tourism, Didier Robert, who is presently also the President of the Indian Ocean Vanilla Island Organization, who over the p
It is largely credited to the persistence of the President of Reunion Island Tourism, Didier Robert, who is presently also the President of the Indian Ocean Vanilla Island Organization, who over the past years relentlessly pushed the tourism agenda in Paris and had last year already obtained concessions that South African citizens could visit Reunion on a Visa Waiver Program, that the government in Paris has now consented to special procedures which will allow Chinese citizens to enter Reunion Island on a tourist visa with just 48 hours needed to process the same. A special ministerial decree in February last year opened the doors for South Africans to enter entirely visa-free which led to a significant rise in arrival numbers of over one-third on a year-on-year comparison and vastly i
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Roger Dow, president and CEO of the U.S. Travel Association, responds to today’s announcement from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security regarding security enhancements to the Visa Waiver Program (VWP):
“A secure travel system is foundational for all visitors. Without security, there is no travel. The security reforms to the VWP announced today offer a sensible approach to evolving this highly valuable program, which continues to be the gold standard for travel security and facilitation.
“Every program should be constantly assessed and tweaked to ensure it performs as designed to stop threats. We are grateful to the administration for recognizing it as a robust national security program and its role in welcoming millions of business and leisure visitors here annually.