I know this not kind of cultural diversity, but it looks interest :))
If we go to traveling passport being the precious thing. As we know a passport is an official document issued by a country and apply to interstate travel. Besides containing of official identity, a passport is sometimes also comes with a list of the names of countries that should not be entered by the holder of the passport example: In the past, Indonesia banned its citizens from visiting Israel and Taiwan but is now already stated that "the passport is valid for the entire world ".
Each state generally also issued some kind of passport that is common Passports (Regular Passport), for ordinary regular trip Indonesian passport is green. Diplomatic passports (Diplomatic Passport), for those who work as a diplomatic representative. Indonesian Diplomatic passports are black. And the last is Official passport (Passport Service), which is issued to the technicians and administrative personnel of a diplomatic mission or for civil servants / government that is implementing tasks abroad. In Indonesia, the blue passport issued by the State Department over the State Secretariat Permit.
Furthermore, to measure how cool is your passport? A leading private institute named Henley & Partners annually publishes what is called The Henley Visa Restriction Index. This index ranks the states based on the number of states that can be entered nationals without requiring a visa. Based on the index for 2010 a United Kingdom passport was elected as the coolest passport in the world with 166 countries visa-free. So if in this world there are about 205 countries that UK residents can go through to 166 countries without a visa with a limit of stay ranged from 3 days to 3 years (WOW). So how Indonesia's position in this index?Here's the ranking of the ASEAN countries in the Henley Visa Restriction Index.
1. Singapore, from year to year the coolest passport on ASEAN still held by Singapore. 11 position to the world, Singaporeans can go to 155 countries without a visa, Including to countries hard to provides visas for citizens such as the United States and the Schengen Area. In both these countries they can even stay for 90 days (damn..)
2. Malaysian, ranked 13 the world, Malaysian citizens can enter the country without a visa 151. Although not as good as Singapore passport, but at least they can visit 25 Schengen countries without a visa and can stay in the UK for about 6 months.
3. Brunei Darussalam, world ranking 24 go through 134 countries without a visa). Brunei passport superiority compared to Malaysia and Singapore is its ability to penetrate and stay for 3 months in the countries of the European Economic Area (the Schengen Area countries plus 6 other countries including the United Kingdom)
4. The Thai, world ranking 69 go through 60 countries without a visa. Thailand passport holders can visit the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Spain without a visa during stay no more than 90 days
5. Filipinos, world ranking 73 go through 54 countries without a visa. At least people can visit Jeju Island philipine for 30 days without a visa, and Egypt even though only part of South Sinai.
6. Indonesia, ranked 81 in the world that only go through 46 countries without a visa. Although ranking fell from a year ago at least there is progress from 43 countries to 46 countries without a visa.
Even though our country are not the coolest passport in the world even in Asia , at least Indonesia should be proud for surpressed Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar respectively occupy positions 84, 85, 87 and 92.
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