Malawi Introduces Visas for European, Asian Visitors

Malawi is introducing entry visas for European and Asian nationals, a government minister said on Tuesday, charging $75 for each arrival in a move that tour operators say is already hitting the country's tourism industry. Tourism is Malawi's third main foreign exchange earner, contributing 7.3 percent of GDP in 2014, official data shows, and tourist arrivals have doubled to over a million over the past 10 years. "Malawi is not for free and we have now gazetted the plan for...

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