The most annoying thing for most Indians planning to travel overseas is not the price of the ticket, but securing a visa. Majority of countries around the world require Indians to obtain visa prior to travelling. But there are more than 50 nations that do not want Indians to worry about Visa. You’ll be surprised to know that there are some beautiful countries where you can just land up and get a visa stamped on arrival.
What is a Passport’s Power?
Simply the number of countries it allows you to travel to, without a visa. A nation’s passport power ranking is basically based on the number of countries it lets you travel to without a visa (including the country itself). According to Wikipedia, India currently ranks at 53 and allows all Indian passport holders to travel to 52 countries without a visa or via visa on arrival. A US a UK passport lets you travel 147 countries without a visa. In 2016, Indian citizens had visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 52 countries and territories, ranking the Indian passport 85th in the world.
6 Beautiful Countries You Can Travel Without A Visa
Mauritius: Mark Twain once wrote, ‘Mauritius was made first and then heaven, heaven being copied after Mauritius’. He was right. Mauritius is 
undoubtedly Africa’s wealthiest destination, a tropical paradise with tons of things to do. Wildlife tourism in Mauritius is rapidly gaining in popularity. And why wouldn’t it? Mauritius has managed to preserve more bird species from extinction than any other country on earth, with the result that you can now see two of the loveliest birds of the Indian Ocean here. The color of the waters that surround Mauritius can leave anyone speechless. Giant tortoises are another drawcard, while dolphins, whales and sharks are just three highlights of the island’s richly bio-diverse marine environment. Mauritius is winning acclaim for the excellence of its food, and the story spans fine-dining restaurants at five-star resorts and beachside shacks serving food just off the boat.
Bolivia: Rough around the edges, superlative in its natural beauty, rugged, vexing, complex and slightly nerve-racking, Bolivia is one of South America’s most diverse and perplexing nations. Bolivia is a beautiful, geographically diverse, multi-ethnic country in the heart of South America. 
Sometimes referred to as the Tibet of the Americas, Bolivia is one of the most “remote” countries in the western hemisphere. It shares with Peru control of Lake Titicaca (Lago Titicaca), the world’s highest navigable lake (elevation 3,805m). Bolivians love a parade, and hardly a month passes without a procession of brightly costumed celebrants honoring an important historical date or deity. It is also the most indigenous country in the Americas, with 60% of its population being of pure Native American ancestry.
Indonesia: Indonesia straddles the Equator between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. Indonesia markets itself as Wonderful Indonesia, and the slogan is quite true, although not necessarily always in good ways. 
Indonesia’s numbers astound: its ethnic, cultural and linguistic diversity is correspondingly great – more than 17,000 islands, of which 8000 are inhabited, and over 300 languages are spoken across them, whose fascinating customs and lifestyles are a major attraction. It’s a beguiling country offering myriad adventures. Venturing across Indonesia you’ll see a dramatic landscape, as diverse as those living upon it. Sulawesi’s wildly multilimbed coastline embraces white-sand beaches and diving haunts, while Sumatra is contoured by a legion of nearly 100 volcanoes marching off into the distance, several capable of erupting at any time.
- Jamaica: Jamaica cries out to be explored – underwater, on hikes, river-bound with a raft, underground with a lamp strapped to your head, or on the road by car or bicycle.
Getting away from the beaches allows you to see sides of the island that many tourists miss. The outdoor activities in Jamaica hardly require you to be as fit as Usain Bolt. There’s no physical effort involved when you raft, and even folks in moderate health can accomplish the country’s most famous hike through the lush mountains to the top of Blue Mountain Peak. Jamaica is a musical powerhouse, a fact reflected not just in the bass of the omnipresent sound systems, but in the lyricism of the patois language and the gospel sounds from the island’s many churches. Music is life in Jamaica, and you’ll soon find yourself swaying along with it. - Maldives: Unrivaled luxury, stunning white-sand beaches and an amazing underwater world make the Maldives an obvious choice for a true holiday of a lifetime.
The Maldives is home to perhaps the best beaches in the world; they’re on almost every one of the country’s nearly 1200 islands and are so consistently perfect that it’s hard not to become blasé about them. While some beaches may boast softer granules than others, the basic fact remains: you’ll find consistently whiter-than-white powder sand and luminous cyan-blue water like this almost nowhere else on earth. This fact alone is enough to bring over a million people a year to this tiny, remote and otherwise little-known Indian Ocean paradise. The richness and variety of marine life in Maldives is astonishing; dazzling coral walls, magnificent caves and schools of brightly colored tropical fish await you when you get down to the reef. - Fiji: What makes Fiji exceptional isn’t any must-see sights or unforgettable experiences it’s her people. Fijian life revolves around the church, the village, the rugby field and the garden. While this may sound insular, you’d be hard-pressed to find a more open and welcoming populace.
Whether you visit a village, dodging coconuts on the beach or walking through the big cities, nary a moment goes by without being dazzled by genuine smiles, bombarded by Fijians. With seemingly endless reels of intensely colored reefs, over 1500 species of fish and colossal creatures – from otherworldly manta rays to tiger sharks – Fiji’s underwater world is worth the plunge. Fiji offers ample opportunities for hikers, birdwatchers, amblers and forest-fanciers, particularly on the islands of Taveuni – known as ‘The Garden Island’ for its ludicrously lush interiors – and Kadavu, a less-traveled slice of prehistoric paradise with almost no roads to speak of. If urban wildlife is your thing, Suva boasts a surprising nightlife scene, while towns like Savusavu entice with rollicking taverns and meet-the-locals haunts.
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