ASEAN Multi-Country Tourist Visa Continues to be Discussed

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ASEAN Multi-Country Tourist Visa Continues to be Discussed

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Phnom Penh: Five ASEAN nations (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand) will be meeting again on July 28 and 29 to further discuss the planned single "passport" (visa) that will allow tourists to visit multiple ASEAN countries on the same visa document without the need to apply for a different visa for each country separately.

The first step will be to offer a visa for both Thailand and Cambodia, then add other ASEAN counties later.

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5 ASEAN member countries, including Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand and plans to discuss this at the end of July to create a joint passport (visa) to facilitate the tourists to the region.

Visa created this joint meeting will be held on two tourism ministers in Myanmar Tourism Ministers Meeting in CLMV framework on 28 July 2015 and the Tourism Ministers' Meeting in ACMECS framework, on 29 July 2015.

Told reporters while going to attend the meeting on 27 July 2015, Thong Khon said, I will not push another major work called ACMECS Single Visa, which means 5 with a single visa. We review why Visa has been slow and do push for progress.

He added that in the implementation of the single visa in 5 countries, a model of the whole ASEAN countries, Cambodia and Thailand to implement model first, whether the implementation of difficult and easy.

Related experiences that Cambodia received from CLMV the minister of Tourism, confirmed that 'to Cambodia led work two jobs, tourism, community and employment, tourism, heritage, culture, because countries in the CLMV contain potentially missing resources, culture disappears research and Cambodia also have the same, but the Cambodian experience and work has best asked to Cambodia led this work and the 2nd Cambodia also received the task from CLMV leadership jobs, tourism, too.







implementation of tourism and quality standards
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Monday, July 27, 2015 16:25 pm

Phnom Penh: Minister of Tourism Thong Khon last time the morning of July 27, 2015, led a delegation to attend the Tourism Ministerial Meeting of the framework (CLMV) and the ministerial meeting in the framework 5 (ACMECS), Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam amid The meeting is scheduled to discuss the 2-day Myanmar to check on the implementation of tourism development the spirit of the economic summit of 5 countries have agreed in the past.

Thong Khon, Minister of Tourism, told journalists at the airport before leaving the international delegation of the Ministry of Tourism Reporting to attend the 2nd Ministerial Meeting in Myanmar is meeting in CLMV and ACMECS framework to examine and implement the spirit The Ministerial Summit of leaders of those countries on 22-23 June 2015, the tourism development focus on tourism product development resources and reducing poverty of the people.
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dream on.
Can u imagine the paper work an who gets to make the $$
Thailand visa free 30 days flying in, Cambodia $30


do u all realize that a Cambodian can NOT get a visa for Thailand ( they can get a 14 days overland or 30 day visa exempt) anywhere BUT IN CAMBODIA!!!
Nor can a Vietnamese citizen
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They launched a dual Thai-Cambodian visa a few years back... nobody got them. You still had to pay on arrival in Cambodia and it only allowed for single-entry into each country (not much use for people entering Cambodia with the intent to go back to Thailand and fly home). And the Vietnamese visa department would have a meltdown if they thought about lost fees... their prices keep going up not down for visas.
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Agree with Richard, stumbling block will be loss of income for immigration officials, can't see them being happy about that.
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TheGrinchSR wrote:They launched a dual Thai-Cambodian visa a few years back... nobody got them. You still had to pay on arrival in Cambodia and it only allowed for single-entry into each country (not much use for people entering Cambodia with the intent to go back to Thailand and fly home). And the Vietnamese visa department would have a meltdown if they thought about lost fees... their prices keep going up not down for visas.
What you say about the Vietnamese is incorrect.
From the first of this month citizens of several countries have started enjoying Visa free entry into Vietnam Britain being one of them.
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You're talking about selected-nations free, I think he's referring to everyone free. Huge difference, with 200 nations on the planet.
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obelisks wrote:
TheGrinchSR wrote:They launched a dual Thai-Cambodian visa a few years back... nobody got them. You still had to pay on arrival in Cambodia and it only allowed for single-entry into each country (not much use for people entering Cambodia with the intent to go back to Thailand and fly home). And the Vietnamese visa department would have a meltdown if they thought about lost fees... their prices keep going up not down for visas.
What you say about the Vietnamese is incorrect.
From the first of this month citizens of several countries have started enjoying Visa free entry into Vietnam Britain being one of them.
I would differ with your statement. VN hasn't extended the visa waiver to some very worthy countries like the US, Canada, Australia and NZ and other Euro nations probably because there would be a huge loss to immigration and all the third-party "visa approval" services, thereby heading off a "meltdown". But VN is going to have to do something drastic soon because, for whatever reasons, tourist arrivals in VN have plunged for 11 straight months. My theory about tourist disinterest is the Viet visa is the most expensive, most painful to obtain (at understaffed VoA section at the airports) and riskiest entry visa (via third party agents with no guarantee) to obtain in SEA.
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I'd be keen to see how many tourists revisit Vietnam after their first trip. I enjoyed it but can't see myself going back unless it's for a riding tour.
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obelisks wrote:
TheGrinchSR wrote:They launched a dual Thai-Cambodian visa a few years back... nobody got them. You still had to pay on arrival in Cambodia and it only allowed for single-entry into each country (not much use for people entering Cambodia with the intent to go back to Thailand and fly home). And the Vietnamese visa department would have a meltdown if they thought about lost fees... their prices keep going up not down for visas.
What you say about the Vietnamese is incorrect.
From the first of this month citizens of several countries have started enjoying Visa free entry into Vietnam Britain being one of them.
No, what I say is entirely correct. The price of a visa went up. A 15 day visa-free pass is not the same as a 30-day (or more) visa. And... initial news out of Vietnam reports that tourists are still being charged for visas if they can get away with it rather than being told they can enter on a waiver program.
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