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Mozambique Raises Visa Prices

October 3, 2006 at 11:00 AM | 1 Comment


Looks like you'll be needing more of those babies above if you're headed to Mozambique. Thorn Tree forum regular, author, and Mozambique afficionado, mozman, is reporting that the country has increased the price of its tourist visas. A 30-day, single entry visa will now cost US & UK citizens about $100:

Man, this is a big blow for us budget travellers, and also for the more well-heeled, and if these charges remain effective then I must predict that many lodges and backpackers in Moz will have to close. Investment will also be very adversely affected.

FYI some of the new charges or 30 day single entry tourist visa are:

UK and US citizens: R750

Australians: R370.

So what you now pay is equal to what Mozambicans must pay to visit your country, fair perhaps but idiotic if you consider which country needs who to visit and spend their valuable foreign currency most.

We agree that the hike is technically fair but not necessarily the best choice for Mozambique's tourism industry. While there are some good upmarket accomodations there, the industry's bread and butter still remains the more budget-minded travelers flocking to Mozambique's beaches and interior. We hope the impact won't be as great as mozman predicts.

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  1. Tim L.

    Jaunted Member
    October 3, 2006 at 2:59 PM




    Ouch--that's suicidal

    These reciprocal visa charges probably make sense on paper, but as you said, they ought to look at their tourism stats before shooting themselves in the foot. If the U.S. or E.U. charges people from Mozambique more, it's unlikely to affect anything since those who pay it are immigrants or business travelers, not tourists. But in the other direction, look out. A whole lot of backpackers just pass through Mozambique as part of a longer overland trek or as just a quick beach stop in transit. The country is just now starting to recover from a well-deserved bad reputation, so this will stop the recovery in its tracks once word gets out.

    Kind of like when Indonesia started charging for a visa and cut the time period from two months to 30 days--soon after the Bali bombing. Government work doesn't exactly attract the best and brightest.

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