Angola resorts to visa-free regime to attract tourists from other African countries

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Angola has joined the growing list of countries in Africa allowing visa-free entry to citizens from select countries. The move passed in a resolution will allow visa-free entry for 90-day stays to nationals from over 90 countries

Angola has joined the growing list of countries in Africa allowing visa-free entry to citizens from select countries. The move passed in a resolution will allow visa-free entry for 90-day stays to nationals from over 90 countries.

The new resolution is contained in the Presidential Decree Number issued in September 2023. It comes as the southern African country opens its borders to visitors from a large number of countries to boost its tourism sector. Fourteen African nations are on the list for visa-free entry. These include Tanzania, Eswatini, Morocco, Lesotho, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Equatorial Guinea, Botswana, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Seychelles, Cape Verde and Algeria. South Africans have not needed visas for Angola since 1 December 2017, when a visa-abolition agreement was signed between both nations.

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Only five African countries (Seychelles, Mozambique, Rwanda, Comoros, and Madagascar) offer visa-free access or visas on arrival to citizens of all African countries. Angola is the second-largest oil producer in Africa