Rwanda Ranked Third on the Continent, Visa Openness Index Report.
在非洲开发银行和非盟委员会公布的签证开放指数报告中，卢旺达名列第三位。
Rwanda ranked third on the continent in regards to visa openness by African Development Bank and the Africa Union Commission.
2018年11月28日，非洲发展银行和非盟委员会在亚的斯亚贝巴公布了2018非洲签证开放指数报告。
On 28th November 2018, the Africa Visa Openness Index released 2018 Report in Addis Ababa by the African Development Bank and the Africa Union Commission.
在亚的斯亚贝巴发布报告排名几周前，盖洛普民意调查刚刚将卢旺达列为全球第三大最受移民欢迎的国家，仅次于冰岛和新西兰。
The ranking, released in Addis Ababa, comes weeks after a Gallup Poll ranked Rwanda the third most welcoming country for migrants worldwide, behind Iceland and New Zealand.
最新的签证开放指数报告提到，卢旺达在这一榜单中上升趋势迅猛。
The latest Visa Openness Index noted that Rwanda continues to move up the rankings.
当前，全球许多国家采取严格签证制度等保护主义政策，但非洲仍然开放国界。卢旺达是非洲大陆上最开放的国家之一。
At a time when a number of countries across the world are adopting protectionist policies such as strict visa regimes, Africa continues to open up borders. Rwanda is one of the most open countries on the continent.
各国持续收紧签证制度，其顾虑包括对安全的担忧，对自身文化的侵蚀以及经济脆弱性。
Among fears that countries have advanced to tighten visa regimes include concerns on security, erosion of their respective cultures, as well as economic vulnerabilities.
然而，诸多指标显示，自卢旺达2013年放宽对全球公民签证限制以来，并未受到以上挑战的威胁。
However, multiple indexes show that Rwanda, which started the effort to relax visa restrictions on citizens of the world in 2013, has not suffered from these challenges.
该报告作者还通过引用埃塞俄比亚和贝宁的案例指出，卢旺达已经成为寻求国界开放和自由运动的国家的典范。
The authors of the report also observed that Rwanda has served as a model for countries seeking to openup their borders and liberalizing movement citing the case of Ethiopia and Benin.
报告还指出，在2013至2016年年间，获得卢旺达落地签的非洲公民人数实现了超过100%的增长。
Between 2013 and 2016, the number of Africans receiving visas on arrival in Rwanda increased by more than 100 per cent, says the report.
报告补充说到：“由于取消了出行限制，卢旺达吸引了更多的游客，更多的投资，也承办了更多的会议。根据世界旅行和旅游理事会2018年经济影响报告，2017年卢旺达国内生产总值的旅游和旅游总量占12.7％，预计2018年将增长6.8％。”
“The country attracted higher numbers of visitors, greater investment, and hosted more conferences due to the removal of travel restrictions. Total travel and tourism contributed 12.7 per cent to Rwanda’s GDP in 2017 and is forecast to rise by 6.8 per cent in 2018, according to the World Travel and Tourism Council Economic Impact 2018 Report,” the report adds.
根据卢旺达发展局（RDB）传播与市场负责人Sanny Ntayombya的说法，逐步签证制度向更多的投资者和游客敞开了大门，从而推动经济发展。
According to Sanny Ntayombya, the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) Head of Communication and Marketing, a progressive visa regime has improved accessibility to investors and tourists consequently driving up receipts.
签证开放指数对非洲国家放宽签证制度所取得的进展进行评估。
The Visa Openness Index assesses the progress African countries have realized in relaxing their visa regimes.