Over 17,000 hockey fans enter Belarus visa-free

13.05.2014

More than 17,000 hockey fans have taken advantage of the visa-free regime and arrived in Belarus for the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship, BelTA learnt from spokesman for the State Border Committee Alexander Tishchenko.

"The most active are residents of Latvia. About 7,000 people have already crossed the border," said Alexander Tishchenko. The leaders in terms of the number of fans are also Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania, Germany and Finland.

As was reported, starting from 25 April the 2014 World Championship guests can travel to Belarus on a valid passport and a ticket to a match or an electronic copy of the ticket. This right can be exercised only once. Multiple-entry ticket is not allowed.

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