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"Henryk Handszuh" <[email protected]> -' 4/4/02 11:22AM visa requirements
Dear Mr Schaeffer, I am pleased to answer your request which has been referred to me due to my former association with the facilitation programme of our Organization. In a recent WTO tourism policy document, the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism (endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly on 21 December 2001, resolution A/RES/56/212), "Liberty of tourist movements" is addressed in article 8 (liberty to move from one State to another, but visas are not specifically mentioned), (apparently US had some problems with this resolution...). In the Tourism 2020 Vision the existing facilitation framework characterizing in particular the main so-called tourism sending countries whose citizens normally do not need entry visas on tourist trips, was considered as already consolidated, and on the other hand the emergence of new tourist sending countries was believed to be accompanied by corresponding facilitation measures based on economic criteria, i.e. the economic capacity of new travellers to spend personal income on travel and ^tourism services. Therefore, SH§§j|MaiipHMMBBMHVMiWMpMHn^ VJ
which were certainly recognized in the overall analysis as having an important impact on future traveljlpws. ££} Earlier the Organization unequivocally recngni7fifj the imnprtance of travel \formalities, incjuding^tryj4igas, for the exercise of freedom to travel ai^'tlrevblurne oftraverflows and tourism business by advocating the work on the convention started in 1£8Ariwm«MapeAfilMUi»tt8ikand never resumed. U.S., at that time a member of the World Tourism Organization, was an active participant in this work, and also a proponent of its suspension. far as I know, the work on the "Budapest Convention" 3tj^yjmJbe^^ to the exstence of various travel formalities, but their Importance was recognized as a matter of course. At the European lever, that view had always been hold by the Bt««pB€m"lwwB<^wwwiBBt8W'(by advocating, for example, visa-free travel to Europe for US citizens in the recovery of tourism after World War II) and QfiSB'^Mef'rtwwWpeirtPBei^^ (last version of 1 985) to encourage all members to register and gradually suppress travel formalities (including entry visas) and systematically monitor this process within the OECD area. With respect to the European Union and the impact of S4BMpMpM the undersigned attempted an analysis in this matter (attached), at the request of ASEAN tourism ministers in January 1999. Finally, with respect to the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)
of the World Trade Organization we are currently examining the workings and impact on tourism of commitments made by countries in their national schedules under "consumption abroad" which we find not transparent at all, misleading and therefore of little practical use. It is nevertheless found that GATS commitments under this mode of supply concern a country's own consumers travelling abroad, not the entry of foreign visitors into that country. Olill, IIILUJUIU euiiuuining Lin uiliji uf fuielyn uWluu iiiuytit Should this happen, non-compliance could be subject to dispute settlement procedures. From my own personal and professional experience I can say that and hostilaentry visa procedure, also acmmpaniml hy fLvJ2fLfQQ is a serious deterrent^to traveLabroad. especially with respect to leisure Fravel where you can choose from a limitless number of competing entry visa-free destinations. If you have a strong motivation to visit an entry visa country, a normal reaction is to postpone the tripO "until later" and go somewhere else for the time being. And this "until later" may take many years to materialize. I hope my comments can be of help in your analysis. Sincerely, Henryk Handszuh Chief, Quality in Tourism Development CC: <[email protected]>,,
"Henryk Handszuh"
Dear Mr Schaeffer, I am pleased to answer your request which has been referred to me due to my former association with the facilitation programme of our Organization. In a recent WTO tourism policy document, the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism (endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly on 21 December 2001, resolution A/RES/56/212), "Liberty of tourist movements" is addressed in article 8 (liberty to move from one State to another, but visas are not specifically mentioned), (apparently US had some problems with this resolution...). In the Tourism 2020 Vision the existing facilitation framework characterizing in particular the main so-called tourism sending countries whose citizens normally do not need entry visas on tourist trips, was considered as already consolidated, and on the other hand the emergence of new tourist sending countries was believed to be accompanied by corresponding facilitation measures based on economic criteria, i.e. the economic capacity of new travellers to spend personal income on travel and ^tourism services. Therefore, SH§§j|MaiipHMMBBMHVMiWMpMHn^ VJ
which were certainly recognized in the overall analysis as having an important impact on future traveljlpws. ££} Earlier the Organization unequivocally recngni7fifj the imnprtance of travel \formalities, incjuding^tryj4igas, for the exercise of freedom to travel ai^'tlrevblurne oftraverflows and tourism business by advocating the work on the convention started in 1£8Ariwm«MapeAfilMUi»tt8ikand never resumed. U.S., at that time a member of the World Tourism Organization, was an active participant in this work, and also a proponent of its suspension. far as I know, the work on the "Budapest Convention" 3tj^yjmJbe^^ to the exstence of various travel formalities, but their Importance was recognized as a matter of course. At the European lever, that view had always been hold by the Bt««pB€m"lwwB<^wwwiBBt8W'(by advocating, for example, visa-free travel to Europe for US citizens in the recovery of tourism after World War II) and QfiSB'^Mef'rtwwWpeirtPBei^^ (last version of 1 985) to encourage all members to register and gradually suppress travel formalities (including entry visas) and systematically monitor this process within the OECD area. With respect to the European Union and the impact of S4BMpMpM the undersigned attempted an analysis in this matter (attached), at the request of ASEAN tourism ministers in January 1999. Finally, with respect to the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)
of the World Trade Organization we are currently examining the workings and impact on tourism of commitments made by countries in their national schedules under "consumption abroad" which we find not transparent at all, misleading and therefore of little practical use. It is nevertheless found that GATS commitments under this mode of supply concern a country's own consumers travelling abroad, not the entry of foreign visitors into that country. Olill, IIILUJUIU euiiuuining Lin uiliji uf fuielyn uWluu iiiuytit Should this happen, non-compliance could be subject to dispute settlement procedures. From my own personal and professional experience I can say that and hostilaentry visa procedure, also acmmpaniml hy fLvJ2fLfQQ is a serious deterrent^to traveLabroad. especially with respect to leisure Fravel where you can choose from a limitless number of competing entry visa-free destinations. If you have a strong motivation to visit an entry visa country, a normal reaction is to postpone the tripO "until later" and go somewhere else for the time being. And this "until later" may take many years to materialize. I hope my comments can be of help in your analysis. Sincerely, Henryk Handszuh Chief, Quality in Tourism Development CC: <[email protected]>,
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