{"id":258135,"date":"2018-07-12T18:00:32","date_gmt":"2018-07-12T16:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=258135"},"modified":"2018-10-09T10:21:55","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T08:21:55","slug":"south-africans-can-visit-these-102-countries-without-a-visa-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/258135\/south-africans-can-visit-these-102-countries-without-a-visa-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africans can visit these 102 countries without a visa right now"},"content":{"rendered":"

Travel advisors Henley & Partners has released its latest Passport Index for 2018.<\/p>\n

The ranking is based on exclusive data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which maintains the world\u2019s largest and most accurate database of travel information, and it is enhanced by extensive, ongoing research by the Henley & Partners Research Department.<\/p>\n

According to the Index, Japan and Singapore share first place enjoying visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 189 destinations.<\/p>\n

Both countries gained access to Uzbekistan earlier this year, knocking Germany off the top spot and kicking the latter into second place for the first time since 2013. 2018 is the first year in the index\u2019s 13-year history that either Japan or Singapore has had the most powerful passport in the world.<\/p>\n

The rest of the top 20 on the Henley Passport Index remains fairly stable as the northern hemisphere enters the big summer holiday season, with no new visa-waivers processed for the UK and the US, who both remain in 4th place. Nationals of these countries, like nationals of most EU member states, have not seen any improvement in their global access since 2017.<\/p>\n

Improving African passports<\/strong><\/p>\n

In June, Ethiopia introduced a universal e-visa system for all travelers entering the country, following in the footsteps of Zimbabwe, which implemented a similar system in May.<\/p>\n

According to Ryan Cummings, director of Signal Risk, these developments reflect growing efforts on the part of new African heads of state to strengthen trade partnerships and stimulate foreign direct investment.<\/p>\n

“Key to selling the idea of reform touted by the newly inaugurated administrations of Zimbabwe\u2019s President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Ethiopia\u2019s Abiy Ahmed is publicly strengthening their ties to the international community and presenting their respective governments as adhering to international governance norms.”<\/p>\n

Ethiopia in particular is easing entry requirements for foreign investors and privatising a number of key state-owned enterprises after years of a strong nationalist agenda, he said.<\/p>\n

South Africa also improved its ranking – rising to 50th in the world – with its local passport now allowing you to travel to 102 countries visa-free.<\/p>\n

Below are the countries you can travel to visa-free right now.<\/p>\n

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* Indicates visa on arrival or eTA.<\/em><\/p>\n

Africa\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Angola<\/td>\nLesotho<\/td>\nSomalia*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Benin*<\/td>\nMadagascar*<\/td>\nSt. Helena*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Botswana<\/td>\nMalawi<\/td>\nSwaziland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cape Verde Islands*<\/td>\nMauritania*<\/td>\nTanzania<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Comores Islands*<\/td>\nMauritius<\/td>\nTogo*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Djibouti*<\/td>\nMozambique<\/td>\nTunisia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ethiopia*<\/td>\nNamibia<\/td>\nUganda*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gabon*<\/td>\nReunion<\/td>\nZambia*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ghana*<\/td>\nRwanda*<\/td>\nZimbabwe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Guinea-Bissau*<\/td>\nSenegal<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kenya<\/td>\nSeychelles*<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n

Asia\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Cambodia<\/span>*<\/td>\nMalaysia<\/td>\nSri Lanka*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hong Kong (SAR China)<\/td>\nMaldives*<\/td>\nTajikistan*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Indonesia<\/td>\nNepal*<\/td>\nThailand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kyrgyzstan*<\/td>\nPhilippines<\/td>\nTimor-Leste*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Laos*<\/td>\nSingapore<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Macao\u00a0(SAR China)<\/td>\nSouth Korea<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n

Europe\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n
Ireland<\/td>\nKosovo<\/td>\nRussian Federation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n

Oceania<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n\n\n
Cook Islands<\/td>\nPalau Islands*<\/td>\nVanuatu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Micronesia<\/td>\nSamoa*<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Niue<\/td>\nTuvalu*<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n

Caribbean<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Antigua and Barbuda<\/td>\nDominica<\/td>\nSt. Lucia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bahamas<\/td>\nDominican\u00a0Republic<\/td>\nSt. Vincent and the Grenadines<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Barbados<\/td>\nGrenada<\/td>\nTrinidad and Tobago<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
British Virgin Islands<\/td>\nHaiti<\/td>\nTurks and Caicos Islands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cayman Islands<\/td>\nSt. Kitts and Nevis<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n

Americas<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Argentina<\/td>\nEcuador<\/td>\nParaguay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Belize<\/td>\nEl Salvador<\/td>\nPeru<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bolivia<\/td>\nFalkland Islands<\/td>\nUruguay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brazil<\/td>\nGuatemala<\/td>\nVenezuela<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chile<\/td>\nNicaragua<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Costa Rica<\/td>\nPanama<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n

Middle East\/Other<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n\n\n
Armenia*<\/td>\nIsrael<\/td>\nPalestinian Territory<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Georgia<\/td>\nJordan*<\/td>\nQatar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Iran*<\/td>\nOman*<\/td>\nTurkey*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The list of countries South Africans can visit visa-free has expanded, with more than 102 nations now included on the list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":94011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9876],"tags":[26,12238],"class_list":["post-258135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-headline","tag-henley-and-partners"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258135"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":276139,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258135\/revisions\/276139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}