The Henley Passport Index released the 2019 global passport ranking. Singapore takes the top spot in conjunction with and Japan, offering its citizens visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to a record total of 189 destinations. Taiwan is ranked No. 30th this year and has moved up 24 places in 10 years.
It is estimated that 16 million people have traveled aboard last year from Taiwan. The UK-based consulting agency, Henley Partners has released its 3rd quarter ranking of the world's most powerful passport in 2019. Japan and Singapore hold the world's strongest passport while Taiwan is ranked No. 30th which is up 24 places in the last 10 years.
Taiwan is ranked No. 30th. This index is based on the usability of the passport and its ranking standard is based on the visa-free access or the credibility of the passport.
According to the data provided by the International Air Transport Association, this ranking is based on the number of visa-free destinations. Japan and Singapore have visa-free access to 189 countries and are both ranked No. 1. Finland, Germany and South Korea have Visa-free access to 187 destinations which put them in No. 2. Taiwan has visa-free access to 146 destinations which puts it at No. 30 China is at No. 74.
The most obvious change is the US. We used to have to apply for a visa in order to travel to the US. It is time-consuming. Whereas now we just need to fill out some information online.
Tourism operators think that the reason for Taiwan passport rankings to move up is due to the visa-free access to the United States in 2012. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed that there have been 7892 travel emergency assistance cases in 2018, 60 percent of the cases were related to loss of passports. The Ministry called out to the public to use the Ministry's Line account for emergency assistance information.