免籤走天下：全球護照哪國強？
Owning a passport opens up a world of possibility and freedom for travellers - or so you would think.
擁有一本護照就能夠自由出入各國、隨意遊遍世界麼，那可不一定。
In some countries around the world, even if you are lucky enough to have access to the government-issued documents, you are still restricted and barred from several countries.
世界上有一些國家，即使你足夠幸運獲得了政府授權的文件，但仍然會被一些國家“拒之門外”。
Henley and Partners created a Visa Restrictions Index, which ranks countries globally in accordance to the travel freedom enjoy their inhabitants enjoy - with some surprising results.
亨氏顧問公司分析研究了世界上所有國家和地區的簽證規定，之後按照不同國家的公民前往海外所享有的免簽證國家數而創建了簽證受限指數。
Where it might be expected that countries such as North Korea and possibly Cuba could take the bottom spots for the most restricted travel freedom, they actually place at 86 and 69 respectively, from a ranking of a total of 94.
朝鮮和古巴本被認為是世界上籤證受限程度最高的國家，但實際上，在包括94個國家的簽證受限指數排名中，朝鮮和古巴分別排在第86和69位，並不是墊底的。
Each country was given a score by global consulting firm Henley and Partners, who specialise in residence and citizenship planning.
亨氏顧問公司在專門研究過各個國家的居住和公民計劃之後，對每個國家都進行了打分。
The score was calculated based on visa regulations of all countries and territories in the world, and the number of other countries that their citizens can travel to without having to obtain a visa.
這些分數是根據某個國家和地區的簽證規定以及該地居民能夠獲得免籤的國家數量計算得出的。
Taking the lowest spots were Afghanistan (ranked at 94 and able to visit 28 countries visa-free), Iraq, (able to visit 31 countries), Pakistan and Somalia (able to visit 32 countries) and the Palestinian Territory (able to visit 35).
分數排在最末幾位的國家是：阿富汗（排名第94，免籤國家數量只有28個），伊拉克（免籤國家數量為31），巴基斯坦和索馬里（免籤國家數量為32），巴勒斯坦領土（免籤國家數量為35）。
This was juxtaposed by Finland, Germany, Sweden, the UK and the US, in first position, who are able to access 174 countries visa-free.
與此相對的是排名並列第一的國家，包括芬蘭、德國、瑞典、英國和美國，這些國家的免籤國家數量達到174。
Henley and Partners said: 'In today's globalised world, visa restrictions play an important role in controlling the movement of foreign nationals across borders.
亨氏顧問公司表示：“在如今這樣一個全球化的時代背景下，簽證限制在控制外國人口入境方面發揮着重要作用。”
'Almost all countries now require visas from certain non-nationals who wish to enter their territory.
“現在幾乎所有國家都允許持有簽證的非本國居民入境。”
'Visa requirements are also an expression of the relationships between individual nations, and generally reflect the relations and status of a country within the international community of nations. '
“允許獲得簽證既能表示兩國的關係，同時也能反映出一個國家在國際社會中的地位。”
Pakistan is ranked at 92 in the Visa Restrictions Index, and citizens are able to visit 32 countries including Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti, and Dominica without a visa.
巴基斯坦在簽證受限指數的排名中排在第92位，其居民外出可以免籤的國家只有包括特立尼達島、多巴哥島、海地和多米尼加等在內的32個國家。
Despite this freedom, stepping over the Pakistani border into India and Iran does requires a visa.
儘管如此，從巴基斯坦過境進入印度和伊朗仍需獲得簽證。
At the bottom of the list are the citizens of Afghanistan who are banned from entering Kuwait entirely.
排在末位的阿富汗居民被完全禁止進入科威特地區。
They can, however, travel to Micronesia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Haiti without a visa entirely though.
但是他們進入密克羅尼西亞、聖文森特和格林納丁斯島和海地等地可以免籤。
A UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) report stated that three-quarters of people in the world travelling to Europe need a visa.
聯合國世界旅遊組織發佈的一項報告顯示，世界上約有四分之三的人口進入歐洲需要獲得簽證。
According to the latest Visa Openness Report by the UNWTO, 62 per cent of the world’s population was required a traditional visa prior to departure in 2014, down from 77 per cent in 2008.
根據該組織發佈的最新一項簽證公開報告可知，2014年世界上有62%的人口在離境之前需要獲得簽證，2008年該比例為77%。
A total of 19 per cent of the world’s population was able to enter a destination without a visa, while 16 per cent could receive a visa on arrival (compared to 17 per cent and 6 per cent in 2008).
另外，世界上有19%的人口能夠入境免籤，16%的人口能夠享受落地籤，而2008年這兩項的比例分別為17%和6%。
