Tourism: G20 countries seek to ease visa burdens

Tourism ministers from the G20 countries have agreed to try and ease visa burdens to spur international travel.

Tourism ministers meet, hope to spur more travel to boost economies

By Summit Voice

SUMMIT COUNTY —Tourism ministers from G20 countries have made a formal declaration that they’ll seek to ease visa burdens to boost international travel and tourism, seen as a way to potentially add 5 million jobs and generate $206 million in tourism revenue by 2015, according to figures from the World Tourism Organization.

The recently adopted declaration encourages G20 countries to leverage new technologies to make travel  “more accessible, convenient and more efficient without a diminution of national security.” It also encourages countries look into increasing cooperation on bilateral, regional and international travel facilitation regimes. (more…)

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