Re:Air France cancels flights as Russia withholds clearance
by novok on Monday May 31, 2021 @02:57PM
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If they really liked tourism, they would give tourist visas on arrival like all the other tourist loving countries, not make you go through a visa application song and dance.
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Re:Air France cancels flights as Russia withholds clearance
by berdario on Monday May 31, 2021 @10:41PM
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They were actually going to do something almost as good in 2020 (plans got postponed due to the pandemic)
Most western countries can actually visit without getting a visa in your passport beforehand.
The US and the UK also benefit a lot from tourism, and yet they have an extremely hostile border control system + an extremely onerous visa application process (I got a Russian visa a few times... It's definitely simpler)