Henley Passport Index: Why Indian passport is falling in global ranking
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Indians can travel to more visa-free destinations than a decade ago, but India's passport ranking has declined.

Earlier this year, a video by an Indian travel influencer complaining about India’s weak passport went viral on social media.

He said that while neighbouring countries like Bhutan and Sri Lanka were more welcoming of Indian tourists, getting visas to travel to most Western and European countries remained a challenge.

His dissatisfaction with India’s poor passport strength was reflected in the latest Henley Passport Index - a ranking system of the world’s passports based on visa-free travel - which placed India in the 85th spot out of 199 countries, five spots lower than last year.

The Indian government has not commented on the report yet. The BBC has reached out to the ministry of external affairs.

  • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
    71·
    2 days ago

    India is a democratic country, but unfortunately like Trump Modi isn’t behaving like the leader of a democratic country.
    USA is nr. 36 on that list, behind almost every single European country.
    The 3 top countries are Asian: Singapore, South Korea, Japan. Suck it Scandinavian countries. 😋