crash12345:
Tourism is a unique aspect of an economy.With tourism,unlike crude oil sales and deals in which 95% of the money made goes directly to the government and some few private friends of the government, tourism money goes directly to the common man and basic businesses by the common citizens.

In Ghana,we make over 1 billion dollars from tourism and majority of this money spent goes to the food vendors,transport owners,taxi drivers,hostel and hotel managers,drivers,tour guides,culture and art sellers on the streets,restaurant and food joint operators,it provides massive employment and business ventures,etc.

Just a little amount goes to the government through taxing of these service providers and some tickets for some exclusive government owned tourist sites.People come to tour the nation for religious programmes,sports programmes,business summits,food and art exhibition, private family tour packages,,nature sight seeing ,group tour packages and even sex and entertainment tourism,all these brings in tourists.

Most people do not embark on these journeys because of the months and time needed to apply and process for a simple 30 day or 90 day visa.So when you make it visa on arrival,all they need is their plane tickets which must have a return ticket back to their country before entry and personal pocket money to spend.In Mauritius and other visa on arrival countries they check your bank balance or money in hand which some countries make it 100 dollars per day spent must be available.

Tourism competes with gold and cocoa top earning in Ghana. It accounts for 10% of the world GDP and employs 1 in 5 employed people in the world.

There's local tourism when people travel from the same country travel from one state to the other for a mission or even visit their relative or friend in another state.You spend in that state and improve their local economy buh the best form of tourism is international tourists.They bring dollars and foreign exchange and they spend like celebrities and rich tourists thus helping the economy of that country. Tourism sustains South Africa, Egypt, Kenya,Greece,Italy,Ghana and Nigeria can earn more money from tourism than even oil due to your large diverse and wonderful society and people when you develop and market your country. Countries pay to CNN and world media to advertise their country like Visit Rwanda which sponsors Arsenal FC and Year of Return in Ghana.

Beautyaddy:


What wishful arrangement is that

Or you're talking about Audio Arrangement

DexterousOne:


Don't be ignorant

I have used the arrangements myself

GOT MY VISA ON ARRIVAL AT JKIA in Kenya

And got my visa easily to go to Marrakech

But for S.A. and Egypt, there is no such agreements


Nigeria has some of these arrangement not many take advantage of
But it's mostly African countries, Vietnam and Iran.

Austine1212:


SA changed the arrangement due to security issues, as one of the people who bombed one of your shopping malls few years back came through south africa.

DexterousOne:


I see.

I love to come visit S.A. sometime this coming yr

Want to see what's up there

The visa process tho

Austine1212:
where in SA do you wanna visit,

Its pretty easier to visit here for kenyans

DexterousOne:


I'm from Nigeria
Not kenya

BreconHills:


The people who may "turn" to a life of crime after they arrive Nigeria dont buy air tickets

unikwa:

You must not have been following events globally.
Executive Order 13780, titled Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States, is an executive order signed by United States President Donald Trump on March 6, 2017. It places limits on travel to the U.S. from seven countries (Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, North Korea and Venezuela) and also bars entry for all refugees who do not possess either a visa or valid travel documents.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_13780

FYI: those are people traveling to the USA by air. Also, president Barak Obama had the same ban in place.

BreconHills:
There are several differences between Nigeria and the US that make the security threats against them quite different

BreconHills:
Also do bear in mind that President Trumps security measures have been wildly derided

BreconHills:
The largest risk of terrorism is by home grown terrorists not foreigners jetting on and out of airports

BreconHills:
It takes a lot of local knowledge including language, knowledge of geography to decide what to hit.

BreconHills:
Having said this, foreign terrorist movements are tracked across borders by different countries in near real time

unikwa:


Not really. We cannot just sing the virtues of policies arbitrarily imposed on Nigeria without thorough consultation.
We know that ISIS sponsors Boko Haram in Nigeria. Does a weak visa policy not weaken security in that regard?

I maintain that this weak visa policy is knee-jerk in nature, and not well thought out.

Let's lurch to the extreme end of the spectrum and just let anybody and everybody in. Why not? Would that augur well for Nigeria's security?

Part of granting visas involves embassies scrutinizing the individual. A policy of "Visa at the gate" eliminates that step. To what end?



Yes, the opposition Democrat party derides every single thing Trump does. Like I said before, Obama had the same exact ban, and Democrats never uttered a word of condemnation. Why the double standard?



To the extent that this is true, outside threats can be just as potent if allowed to fester. A weak visa policy lays that groundwork.
I gave you the example of ISIS funding Boko Haram. Unchecked movement makes it easy to form terror cells ready to unleash hell at opportune moment.


Of course, it does. Collaborating with locals fills that gap well. Nigeria in particular is vulnerable to foreign influence, since there is so much poverty in the land. If Nigerians can fly into other countries and turn to crime, why do you doubt that other people cannot come to Nigeria and do the same thing?


Good luck with that within Nigeria's borders. A police ASP was kidnapped recently. A phone call was made by the police to the kidnappers that lasted almost half an hour. What happened to tracking there?

Policies in Nigeria more often than not are "gra gra". Ramifications of the aftermath are rarely considered.

BreconHills:
I have applied for visa on arrival for expatriate partners and it is no cake walk.

BreconHills:
We already have free entry to ECOWAS citizen

BreconHills:
I can tell you that this policy will not increase risk to national security.

unikwa:


You just buttressed my point that visa application should be made at the embassy, not at the point of entry.
Nobody can convince me that Nigerian has hit the perfection mark in digital technology, in a country where electricity problems affect even airports.
I guarantee you that the process will turn into rubber stamping for those who can "drop something". Unless it's not the same Nigeria I know.



Free movement for enhanced economic activity has not been without a hitch in the ECOWAS region. We all know what happened to Nigerians in Ghana recently. It's partly because of the liberalized visa policies.



That has not been the experience in the European Union. So what magic wand would make Nigeria's case be any different? Debates raged in the past about discontinuing the Schengen Visa policy due to the increased security risk it poses.
Also, US passport holders enjoy free movement to certain countries. This has been dialed back somewhat due to security threats.
I think being bullish on Nigeria's new visa policy is naive at best. Yes it has some pros. But be willing to admit the cons as well.

unikwa:


You just buttressed my point that visa application should be made at the embassy, not at the point of entry.
Nobody can convince me that Nigerian has hit the perfection mark in digital technology, in a country where electricity problems affect even airports.
I guarantee you that the process will turn into rubber stamping for those who can "drop something". Unless it's not the same Nigeria I know.

From todays newspaper. As you can see the visa on arrival policy is dynamic and allows for specific targeting and response to emerging threats. It's not an open door policy. It is just a layered one that places itself behind other pre flight checks instead of in front of them.

I quote "They go through security checks and we have a stop list that guides us. On entering Nigeria, the system will alert us of a suspected terrorist because we already have their names with us"

Please read the article below. Have a great weekend.

https://punchng.com/visa-on-arrival-policy-immigration-to-begin-special-screening-of-kenyans-libyans-somalians-others/


Free movement for enhanced economic activity has not been without a hitch in the ECOWAS region. We all know what happened to Nigerians in Ghana recently. It's partly because of the liberalized visa policies.



That has not been the experience in the European Union. So what magic wand would make Nigeria's case be any different? Debates raged in the past about discontinuing the Schengen Visa policy due to the increased security risk it poses.
Also, US passport holders enjoy free movement to certain countries. This has been dialed back somewhat due to security threats.
I think being bullish on Nigeria's new visa policy is naive at best. Yes it has some pros. But be willing to admit the cons as well.

unikwa:


You just buttressed my point that visa application should be made at the embassy, not at the point of entry.
Nobody can convince me that Nigerian has hit the perfection mark in digital technology, in a country where electricity problems affect even airports.
I guarantee you that the process will turn into rubber stamping for those who can "drop something". Unless it's not the same Nigeria I know.



Free movement for enhanced economic activity has not been without a hitch in the ECOWAS region. We all know what happened to Nigerians in Ghana recently. It's partly because of the liberalized visa policies.



That has not been the experience in the European Union. So what magic wand would make Nigeria's case be any different? Debates raged in the past about discontinuing the Schengen Visa policy due to the increased security risk it poses.
Also, US passport holders enjoy free movement to certain countries. This has been dialed back somewhat due to security threats.
I think being bullish on Nigeria's new visa policy is naive at best. Yes it has some pros. But be willing to admit the cons as well.

BreconHills:
From todays newspaper. As you can see the visa on arrival policy is dynamic and allows for specific targeting and response to emerging threats. It's not an open door policy. It is just a layered one that places itself behind other pre flight checks instead of in front of them.

I quote "They go through security checks and we have a stop list that guides us. On entering Nigeria, the system will alert us of a suspected terrorist because we already have their names with us"

Please read the article below. Have a great weekend.

https://punchng.com/visa-on-arrival-policy-immigration-to-begin-special-screening-of-kenyans-libyans-somalians-others/

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