What it's like to be the only tourist in Moldova, Europe's least visited country

Re:What it's like to be the only tourist in Moldova, Europe'... by snmx999 on Friday July 19, 2024 @06:36AM (#41004642)

Using two passports is not always the solution. As a dual citizen of two countries, I also have two passports. A couple of years ago I travelled to Malta with the passport from the country I currently live in. One week later I flew over to Israel, where I used the passport of my birth country. I was extensively interrogated at the border, because apparently the system flagged me to the border officer as there was no record of me entering Malta with the passport I attempted to leave the country with.

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Re:What it's like to be the only tourist in Moldova, Europe'... by thaumasiotes on Friday July 19, 2024 @07:12AM (#41004987)

Were you using the second passport to leave Malta, or to enter Israel?

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Re:What it's like to be the only tourist in Moldova, Europe'... by snmx999 on Friday July 19, 2024 @08:53AM (#41005986)

To leave Malta. I was interrogated by a member of Israel Defense Forces, though.

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Re:What it's like to be the only tourist in Moldova, Europe'... by qingcharles on Friday July 19, 2024 @12:34PM (#41008237)

I always wondered if this would get flagged somehow. I've never tried it myself, but I've thought about doing it.

What I was mentioning though is that countries will let you have a second passport from a single country if you have issues like this, to avoid showing the stamps in one passport.

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Re:What it's like to be the only tourist in Moldova, Europe'... by krick on Friday July 19, 2024 @10:01PM (#41013379)

Interesting. But, TBH, it seems pretty obvious in the hindsight: it's a huge red flag that the travel history in the same passport is not self-consistent (as a result of using different passports for entering and leaving the same country).

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