Burma launches e-visa

Burma launches e-visa

IN PICTURES - Since Monday, Naypyidaw has simplified its access to tourists who can admire the temples, stupas and pagodas of Bagan.Five million tourists per year from 2015 This is the objective of Burma, who on Monday launched a streamlined visa online at www.evisa.moip.gov.mm.They can be obtained by five days for $ 50 dollars and be removed immediately upon arrival at the airport in Rangoon. Its validity is 28 days. However, it will not be possible to go back and forth with another country, the visa will be valid for one entry.41 nationalities are involved, including France, the United States, Britain, China and North Korea."It's a special moment for our country ... As and when the process will improve, we will expand. Other countries will be added to the list, "said Khin Yi, the minister of immigration.

$ 17 million was invested in the service, while the Burmese
governent is still far behind compared to other countries in the region after decades of military junta. The computer use remains limited even in departments and the use of paper records is still the custom.

According to the Ministry of Tourism, about two million people visited the country in 2013, a rise is also expected this year.