Abstract:
This paper reports the results on the impact of the current visa regime policy on tourism recovery and development
in Zimbabwe. The focus was on finding out how the visa regime could impact on efforts to bring into the country
more visitors following the decline in visitor inflows from 2000 to 2008. Data was collected from selected visitors
from different member states which require visas to enter into the county in the period between January 2010 and
July 2010.The findings shows that visa restrictions play a small part in discouraging visitors to visit Zimbabwe. The
visa regime policy was designed in such a way that it was easy for passport holders from traditional markets to have
relatively easy passage into Zimbabwe. It was also discovered that visa restrictions were part of international travel
conditions but how to get the visa became the competitive advantage or disadvantage a destination can have
compared with its competitors. Zimbabweǯs traditional markets believed that the visa was not difficult to get nor was
it too expensive as to scare away visitors. However, the emerging markets such as China who are in Group C had
problems getting the visa as they were required to apply for the visa before traveling to Zimbabwe
