Five-day visa-free regime for citizens of 80 countries comes into force in Belarus

13 февраля 2017

About 60 people arrived at Minsk National Airport yesterday. The first tourist to pass border control without a visa was a Finnish citizen arriving in Belarus from Slovakia on Sunday at 00:01, i.e. immediately after the President’s decree on a five-day visa-free regime had come into force.

The Ministry of Sport and Tourism expects the introduction of the visa-free regime to result in a 20% increase in tourist flow. The World Tourism Organisation has expressed its full support for Belarus’ decision.