Two Asian states outnumber Germany

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11 March 2018, 19:02(8 years ago)

The German passport falls in third place after five years of EU visa-free domination in 179 states by a survey of the US law firm HenleyPartners that was published in the oldest and largest Japanese daily “Japan Times”, the two most powerful passports in the world are of Japan and Singapore, with which [...]

German passport falls third after five years of visa-free access to 179 states

By a survey of the local law firm Henley $Partners that was published in Japan's oldest and largest daily. “Japan Times”The world's two most powerful passports are Japan and Singapore, with which it can travel without visas in 180 countries around the world. The German passport falls third after five years of visa-free access to 179 states.

“The change has come after Uzbekistan has removed visas for Japan and Singapore in early February,” conveys albinfo.ch. “Uzbekistan wants to increase the number of tourists by removing visas for a large number of countries from Asia and the Middle East. ”

This is a major development for Japanese diplomacy, as a year ago it was placed in fifth place on visa-free travel to 172 countries.

In fourth place are South Korea, along with Spain, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy and Sweden on visa-free travel to 178 countries. Next come the United Kingdom and the US with 177 and 176 states, respectively.

Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan are at the bottom of the access list on 28, 27 and 24 states, respectively.

Henley Passport Index research is based on International Air Transport Association (IATA). Henley & Partners points out that Ethan has the world's most comprehensive tourist information data.