The Kurdistan Area has granted visa-free journey to residents of 53 nations worldwide, the Kurdish authorities have revealed.

Nearly all of nations that had been granted visa-free entry are nations of Europe, adopted by Asia, North America and Oceania, VisaGuide.World studies.

Below this new coverage, eligible vacationers merely have to current their passports at any border entry level, the place they are going to be issued an digital visa, permitting them quick entry to the area.

Extra particularly, the nations that are actually exempt from visa necessities are as follows:

Europe

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Eire, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Vatican Metropolis, the Netherlands, and, the UK.

Asia

Bahrain, China, Iran, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates.

North America

Canada and america.

Oceania

Australia and New Zealand.

As famous by authorities, vacationers intending to go to this nation should guarantee their passport is legitimate for a minimum of six months.

Whereas residents of those 53 nations can journey to the Kurdistan Area and not using a visa, the identical coverage doesn’t apply to residents of Kurdistan touring to a number of of those nations.

Nationals of the Kurdistan Area are holders of Iraqi passports, which is ranked 193rd in keeping with VisaGuide.World Passport Index. This means that residents holding an Iraqi passport can solely journey and not using a conventional visa in 11 nations. Amongst different issues, they’re required to acquire a visa in 166 different nations.

The choice to permit visa-free journey might assist the nation increase its tourism, because the KRG goals to succeed in 20 million vacationers by 2030.

In keeping with authorities information, the variety of vacationers visiting the Kurdistan Area has elevated lately. By the tip of Could final yr, almost 5 million vacationers had visited Kurdistan’s vacationer sights. Of these, 25 per cent had been worldwide vacationers.

The revival and improvement of the tourism sector is likely one of the targets of the ninth cupboard of the Kurdistan Regional Authorities.

In the meantime, in 2022, the Kurdistan Area welcomed over six million guests, with Erbil, Sulaimani, and Duhok being the most well-liked provinces. This determine represented a rise of almost two million vacationers in comparison with 2021 when the nation welcomed round 4.2 million guests.