Number of countries that can enter a country without visa is not a good measurement for a country being visa-friendly. Let's use your example. Per what you said it seems Israel is a more visa friendly country than Italy which is not correct. It's correct Israel allows more people to visit without visa but 1- For a handful number of countries visiting Israel is not an option at all (like mine which has twenty years in jail when I come back) 2- if we pass that point, they are really difficult on giving visa to Muslim/Arab countries passport holders. 3- The border control is very harsh and can deny entry on strange reasons even with valid visa or passport of a not-visa-needed country. What you just need is to look slightly non-Western and they give you hell in border. It happened in a recent Wikimedia event.
Best On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 2:33 AM Mykola Kozlenko <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > For the sake of the discussion on "it's way better in my country", please > look what your country's visa policy really is. For instance, check > https://www.passportindex.org/byWelcomingRank.php or relative (English) > Wikipedia articles. The former gives the following figures: > (Five latest Wikimania hosts) > * Canada: 51 country can enter visa-free, visa on arrival, ETA or > equivalent > * Mexico: 67 > * UK: 91 > * Italy: 93 > * Hong Kong: 144 > (Some other countries mentioned here) > * Australia: 34 > * Thailand: 78 > * Israel: 96 > > Yes, that means that Canada is the least visa-friendly Wikimania host in > the last 5 years. And yes, Thailand is less visa-friendly than the UK. And > yes, Australia is the least visa-friendly country with an established > Wikimedia chapter. > > Thus please do refer to facts when qualifying a country as a visa-friendly > or not, and not to your own perception of a country's visa policy. > > Thanks > Mykola (NickK) > > --- Оригінальне повідомлення --- > Від кого: "DaB." <[email protected]> > Дата: 2 липня 2017, 23:19:44 > > Hello, > Am 02.07.2017 um 13:37 schrieb cs: > > a country like Thailand where I live > > you mean a country which is currently a military dictatorship (for the > second time in 10 years)? A country that was THIS close to a open civil > war? And if not a civil war, maybe a real war with Cambodia? > > Visa problems are problematic, but it is 10 times better than to give > the Wikimania to an instable country – we are not the FIFA. > > Sincerely, > DaB. > > > -- > Benutzerseite: [[:w:de:User:DaB.]] > PGP: 0x7CD1E35FD2A3A158 (pka funktioniert) > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing > [email protected]https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >
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