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Digital Visas, Analog Problems: Why Airlines Still Struggle to Verify eVisasWriting for the IATA Opinions Blog, Harry Grewal, IATA’s Director of Airports, Infrastructure & Customer Experience, poses a deceptively simple question that most travellers — and perhaps even some tourism marketers — rarely consider: when a passenger arrives at check-in with a valid passport, a confirmed ticket and an eVisa, how does the airline actually know that the eVisa is genuine and valid?

Digital Visas, Analog Problems: Why Airlines Still Struggle to Verify eVisas

Published September 18, 2026 by Staff Writer

More than 100 countries now issue eVisas, but IATA says the systems airlines use to verify them remain fragmented — creating a costly gap between governments approving digital travel authorisations…

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The World Cup Boost Meets a Tourism Warning: Trump Meets Travel Chiefs as Foreign Visitors Keep FallingInternational arrivals to the United States fell 5.5 per cent in 2025, with travel officials pointing to a combination of lengthy visa interview waits, higher airfares, stricter immigration policies, tariffs and expanded travel restrictions affecting citizens of an increasing number of countries.

The World Cup Boost Meets a Tourism Warning: Trump Meets Travel Chiefs as Foreign Visitors Keep Falling

Published September 3, 2026 by Staff Writer

June delivered the strongest monthly U.S. travel-spending performance in a year, fuelled partly by the FIFA World Cup. But with overseas arrivals still declining, visa barriers and other travel policies…

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Pay to Play: The US Introduces a $750 Fast-Track Tourist Visa Fee With No Guarantee of ApprovalThis post is part of Tourism Moves™ — a flagship series by Tourism Reporter dedicated to tracking the policies, investments, and decisions shaping the future of global tourism.

Pay to Play: The US Introduces a $750 Fast-Track Tourist Visa Fee With No Guarantee of Approval

Published June 10, 2026 by Staff Writer

The new policy allows some applicants to pay hundreds of dollars for faster visa processing, sparking debate over fairness as the United States prepares for a surge in international visitors.…

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