Belarus hosts over 255,000 visa waiver tourists
Over 255,000 foreign nationals have visited Belarus using visa waiver program , BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus.
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Over 255,000 foreign nationals have visited Belarus using visa waiver program , BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus.
A total of 211,961 foreigners visited Belarus as part of the visa-waiver program. Since 15 April when Belarus reopened border for visa waiver arrivals, Belarus has welcomed 135,422 citizens of Lithuania, 16,567 non-citizens and 54,619 citizens of Latvia.
Lithuania says it has completed a steel wall stretching along the border with Belarus to stop the flow of illegal migrants after tens of thousands, mostly from the Middle East, tried to enter the country and fellow EU-member states Poland and Latvia, from Belarusian territory last year.
Over 200,000 foreign nationals have visited Belarus without visas, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus.
“As of 00:00 on 15 August, 186,625 citizens of Latvia, Lithuania and Poland took advantage of Belarus' visa waiver program. Since 15 April when Belarus reopened border for visa waiver arrivals, 120,515 citizens of Lithuania, 14,602 non-citizens and 47,616 citizens of Latvia have visited Belarus,” the State Border Committee informed.