ASEAN considers single visa option

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is working on a plan that would open the region to foreign tourists in the same way as Europe with a unified visa system and streamlined travel arrangements. When the plan is realised, travellers will be able to travel through all 10 ASEAN member nations on a single tourist visa.
"You would just have to apply for one visa and you could then visit all the countries using that visa," said Eddy Krisneidi, an official at the Jakarta-based ASEAN Secretariat, which recently released its Tourism Strategic Plan for the next five years.
ASEAN countries recorded more than 65 million foreign visitor arrivals in 2009. Malaysia led the field, followed by Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Viet Nam, the Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Brunei.