India's visa restrictions after Bangladesh upheaval hit Kolkata and medical tourism (English, Level A1)

In August 2024 Sheikh Hasina left her job as prime minister.
After that India limited visas for Bangladeshi people.
Very few people now get visas for India.
Kolkata areas that served visitors are now quiet.
Shops, hotels and restaurants have lost business.
Medical travel from Bangladesh to India has fallen.
Trains and buses between the countries stopped or reduced.
Bangladeshi tourists now choose other countries instead.
About 15,000 families depend on this tourist work.

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bangladeshi — A person from the country Bangladesh.

visa — Official permission to enter another country.

visas

medical travel — Travel to another country for health care.

tourist — A person who travels for holidays.

tourists

depend — Need help or money to live.

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