Off-limits to foreigners during the Cold War because of its military bases, it had become accessible again.

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Huge swathes of the Sahel region south of the Sahara Desert have been rendered off-limits to foreigners.

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Publishing, telecommunications, oil exploration, marketing, pharmaceuticals, banking and insurance all remain either fiercely protected or off-limits to foreigners altogether.

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These labs are operated by the military and Interior Ministry, are highly-secure and off-limits to foreigners and visiting scientists.

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Especially with much of the country off-limits to foreigners due to security restrictions and the military's economic operations, tourists already clog all existing suitable hotels in Yangon, Bagan and Mandalay, meaning a massive upgrade is needed in the hospitality sector.

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The pueblo of grass roofed buildings, round river-stone plazas and pre-Colombian magic is off limits to camera-clad foreigners.

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But these deals stop short of opening up the market in America internal flights operated by foreign airlines are still off-limits and foreigners are also limited to owning 25% of the voting rights of a domestic airline (Europe is a little more liberal, with a 49% limit).

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The old Soviet Union was notorious for its special stores that were off-limits to ordinary citizens, catering only to government apparatchiks and foreigners.

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Educators feared that all courses below university level might be ruled off limits to overseas students, even though between 40% and 50% of foreigners at British universities had taken an earlier course in Britain, usually to hone language or study skills.

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