Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Which are the world's most "powerful" passports?

The “ultimate passport ranking” issued by travel website GoEuro on Tuesday rates the Swedish passport as the most powerful in the world in a comparison of travel documents from 50 countries.

The passport from Finland ranks second, followed by those from Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States and Denmark.

The rankings are based on key factors that travellers in a poll said made a passport powerful.

These included its price, number of visa-free entries to other countries, and the length of its validity.

“In previous rankings it has largely been a matter of analyzing visa-free access to determine the strength of a passport,” Molly Levinson a spokeswoman from GoEuro told The Local.

 “This is an important factor, but it is also crucial to consider the ability of the average citizen to afford purchasing the document,” Levinson said. Full story...

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