  Let $D$ be a bounded convex domain in $\mathbb C^n$. A pair of distinct
boundary points $\{p,q\}$ of $D$ has the visibility property provided there
exist a compact subset $K_{p,q}\subset D$ and open neighborhoods $U_p$ of $p$
and $U_q$ of $q$, such that the real geodesics for the Kobayashi metric of $D$
which join points in $U_p$ and $U_q$ intersect $K_{p,q}$. Every Gromov
hyperbolic convex domain enjoys the visibility property for any couple of
boundary points. The Goldilocks domains introduced by Bharali and Zimmer and
the log-type domains of Liu and Wang also enjoy the visibility property.
  In this paper we prove that a certain estimate on the growth of the Kobayashi
distance near the boundary points is a necessary condition for visibility and
provide new cases where this estimate and the visibility property hold.
  We also exploit visibility for studying the boundary behavior of
biholomorphic maps.
