US visa holders can travel to Haiti

Dominicans, Panamanians and Colombians who have visa Schengen EU, United States or Canada may enter Haiti without having to process entry visa to the country.

The Chancellor of Haiti, Laurent Lamothe, announced last week that the new provision will take effect the next 10 of January.

"This measure is an important step because it it eliminates a step in the process of exploring the market of Haiti by employers in these countries," said the official last Friday.

For Dominican Republic it is a matter of reciprocity, as the authorities of this country, neighboring Haiti, eliminated the tramité visa for Haitian citizens Visa American.

The Tourism Minister, Stephanie Balmer Vildrouin, quoted by the local press, said that the provision represented an important incentive that will reduce significantly costs for tourists, that allow you to u000adevelop packages between Haiti and Dominican Republic.

Balmer added that the measure will also enable a significant increase in Dominican tourists, mainly from class media "who dreams of visiting Haiti".

This is the first legal provision to encourage the arrival in Haiti of foreign investors and tourists, one of the goals established by the Haitian President Michel Martelly since he took power in May of this year.

Haiti is immersed in a slow process of reconstruction a year and eleven months after the devastating earthquake of January 12, 2010.

In addition, the country is facing an epidemic of cholera since its inception in mid-October 2010 causing the death of 7,000 people. The Haitian Government must conclude in February of 2012 plan whose objective aims at poverty reduction and sustainable development that the Government team will try to run in the next three u000ayears.

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