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Israelis wanting to visit Bolivia will now have to request a visa, effective from August 30, said an official source from the Migration Office.
In July President Evo Morales announced "the firm decision to revoke the visa agreement with Israel of August 17, 1972, signed during the Bolivian dictatorship and that allowed Israeli citizens to enter Bolivia freely without even an entry visa."
Between 10,000 and 12,000 Israeli tourists visit Bolivia each year, according to the Migration Office.
The measure changes Israel's category from number "one" to number "three", "mean[ing], in other words, that we are declaring [Israel] a terrorist state," added Morales.
The Andean country has recognized the Palestinian state and it suspended diplomatic relations with Israel in 2009 because of a military assault on the Gaza strip.
Morales also presented a claim last month to the High Commissioner of Human Rights in the United Nations of "crimes against humanity."
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