{"id":66189,"date":"2012-06-15T13:00:44","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T17:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=66189"},"modified":"2012-06-15T13:00:44","modified_gmt":"2012-06-15T17:00:44","slug":"us-to-lift-tourist-visa-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/tourism-publicity\/us-to-lift-tourist-visa-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"US to lift tourist visa restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"
Obama<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

US President Barack Obama says his administration is moving to relax the requirements for applicants of tourist visas to the United States of America, and is targeting the Chinese and Brazilian markets to improve its tourist arrivals.<\/p>\n

“Tourism is the number one service we export and that is because we have a great product to sell,” he said via video conference to those in attendance at the Caribbean Tourism Summit and Outlook Seminar 2012 being held at the Ritz Carlton Golf and Spa Resort in Montego Bay.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE TO READ FULL STORY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US President Barack Obama says his administration is moving to relax the requirements for applicants of tourist visas to the United States of America, and is targeting the Chinese and Brazilian markets to improve its tourist arrivals. “Tourism is the…","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tourism-publicity"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nUS to lift tourist visa restrictions - Dominica News Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/tourism-publicity\/us-to-lift-tourist-visa-restrictions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"US to lift tourist visa restrictions - Dominica News Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"US President Barack Obama says his administration is moving to relax the requirements for applicants of tourist visas to the United States of America, and is targeting the Chinese and Brazilian markets to improve its tourist arrivals. “Tourism is the...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/tourism-publicity\/us-to-lift-tourist-visa-restrictions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dominica News Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-06-15T17:00:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/obama.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"193\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"261\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/tourism-publicity\\\/us-to-lift-tourist-visa-restrictions\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/tourism-publicity\\\/us-to-lift-tourist-visa-restrictions\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/51a62154b494e84510be75e846b1cf55\"},\"headline\":\"US to lift tourist visa restrictions\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-06-15T17:00:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/tourism-publicity\\\/us-to-lift-tourist-visa-restrictions\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":107,\"commentCount\":43,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/tourism-publicity\\\/us-to-lift-tourist-visa-restrictions\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/07\\\/obama.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Tourism\\\/Publicity\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/tourism-publicity\\\/us-to-lift-tourist-visa-restrictions\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/tourism-publicity\\\/us-to-lift-tourist-visa-restrictions\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/tourism-publicity\\\/us-to-lift-tourist-visa-restrictions\\\/\",\"name\":\"US to lift tourist visa restrictions - Dominica News Online\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/tourism-publicity\\\/us-to-lift-tourist-visa-restrictions\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/tourism-publicity\\\/us-to-lift-tourist-visa-restrictions\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/07\\\/obama.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-06-15T17:00:44+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/51a62154b494e84510be75e846b1cf55\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/tourism-publicity\\\/us-to-lift-tourist-visa-restrictions\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/tourism-publicity\\\/us-to-lift-tourist-visa-restrictions\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/tourism-publicity\\\/us-to-lift-tourist-visa-restrictions\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/07\\\/obama.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/07\\\/obama.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/tourism-publicity\\\/us-to-lift-tourist-visa-restrictions\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"US to lift tourist visa restrictions\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Dominica News Online\",\"description\":\"The most popular news site in the Commonwealth of Dominica\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/51a62154b494e84510be75e846b1cf55\",\"name\":\"Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/bd0b04180c51bc8e59c8d28d7acff1965c4b2afbb02839737980abb592734752?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/bd0b04180c51bc8e59c8d28d7acff1965c4b2afbb02839737980abb592734752?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/bd0b04180c51bc8e59c8d28d7acff1965c4b2afbb02839737980abb592734752?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/rsanford\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"US to lift tourist visa restrictions - Dominica News Online","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/tourism-publicity\/us-to-lift-tourist-visa-restrictions\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"US to lift tourist visa restrictions - Dominica News Online","og_description":"US President Barack Obama says his administration is moving to relax the requirements for applicants of tourist visas to the United States of America, and is targeting the Chinese and Brazilian markets to improve its tourist arrivals. “Tourism is the...","og_url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/tourism-publicity\/us-to-lift-tourist-visa-restrictions\/","og_site_name":"Dominica News Online","article_published_time":"2012-06-15T17:00:44+00:00","og_image":[{"width":193,"height":261,"url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/obama.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/tourism-publicity\/us-to-lift-tourist-visa-restrictions\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/tourism-publicity\/us-to-lift-tourist-visa-restrictions\/"},"author":{"name":"Admin","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/51a62154b494e84510be75e846b1cf55"},"headline":"US to lift tourist visa restrictions","datePublished":"2012-06-15T17:00:44+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/tourism-publicity\/us-to-lift-tourist-visa-restrictions\/"},"wordCount":107,"commentCount":43,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/tourism-publicity\/us-to-lift-tourist-visa-restrictions\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/obama.jpg","articleSection":["Tourism\/Publicity"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/tourism-publicity\/us-to-lift-tourist-visa-restrictions\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/tourism-publicity\/us-to-lift-tourist-visa-restrictions\/","url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/tourism-publicity\/us-to-lift-tourist-visa-restrictions\/","name":"US to lift tourist visa restrictions - Dominica News Online","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/tourism-publicity\/us-to-lift-tourist-visa-restrictions\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/tourism-publicity\/us-to-lift-tourist-visa-restrictions\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/obama.jpg","datePublished":"2012-06-15T17:00:44+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/51a62154b494e84510be75e846b1cf55"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/tourism-publicity\/us-to-lift-tourist-visa-restrictions\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/tourism-publicity\/us-to-lift-tourist-visa-restrictions\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/tourism-publicity\/us-to-lift-tourist-visa-restrictions\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/obama.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/obama.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/tourism-publicity\/us-to-lift-tourist-visa-restrictions\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"US to lift tourist visa restrictions"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/","name":"Dominica News Online","description":"The most popular news site in the Commonwealth of Dominica","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/51a62154b494e84510be75e846b1cf55","name":"Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bd0b04180c51bc8e59c8d28d7acff1965c4b2afbb02839737980abb592734752?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bd0b04180c51bc8e59c8d28d7acff1965c4b2afbb02839737980abb592734752?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bd0b04180c51bc8e59c8d28d7acff1965c4b2afbb02839737980abb592734752?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Admin"},"url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/author\/rsanford\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66189"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66191,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66189\/revisions\/66191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}