Another luxury safari destination! After the Botswana, which has also just announced a forthcoming e-VisaKenya, South Africa and Tanzania, the former Portuguese colony of Mozambique has just joined the long list of East African countries that want or have set up a paperless visa process.
No commissioning date has yet been announced by the government, which announced the news last week. Known by the code name "MOZBIO2"This electronic visa is to be coordinated by 3 ministries: Culture and Tourism, Interior and Land and Environment.
Interior Minister Amade Miquité declared that "the electronic visa is a major step forward, as it guarantees contact between the applicant and the migration authorities, and can be requested from anywhere in the world. It's a major technological step that will put the country on the road to becoming one of the world's preferred tourist destinations.“.
Although tourism is still relatively underdeveloped in Mozambique, figures show significant growth in the sector in recent years. The Mozambican government and investors are looking to further develop the sector as a major source of revenue for the country.
In 2019, Mozambique welcomed approximately 2.2 million foreign visitors, a significant increase on the 1.8 million recorded in 2018. The top countries of origin for foreign visitors to Mozambique in 2019 were South Africa, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Malawi, Portugal and the UK.
According to World Bank data, tourism revenues in Mozambique amounted to around 390 million in 2019This represents a significant increase on previous years.
Mozambique's main tourist destinations are its white sandy beaches, crystal-clear waters, wilderness, national parks and private wildlife reserves. The islands of Bazaruto, the Quirimbas archipelago, Pemba and the city of Maputo are the most popular destinations for foreign visitors.
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