Inbound tourism surges and blends with warmth
2023-11-23
Bangladeshi exhibitors taste Xinjiang red dates at the 2023 China International Tourism Fair. Recently, the 2023 China International Tourism Fair (hereinafter referred to as the "Travel Fair"), co hosted by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Civil Aviation Administration of China, and the Yunnan Provincial Government, was held in Kunming, Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Xinbo reported. The theme of this tourism fair is "Hello China", attracting representatives from the tourism departments of South Africa, Thailand and other countries, as well as organizations such as the United Nations World Tourism Organization and the World Tourism Union. It is reported that during the Travel Expo, activities such as the Global Tourists Conference, the China Inbound Tourism Policy Interpretation Conference, and the China Laos Railway International Cultural Tourism Economic Belt Construction Seminar set up an exchange platform for the global tourism industry. Participants discussed topics such as the recovery of China's inbound tourism, deepening China's diplomatic flow, and injected new momentum into the revitalization and development of China's inbound tourism market. Traveling in China is more convenient at Kunming Changshui International Airport. As soon as the German travel agent team who came to participate in the tourism fair landed, they saw a group of young people singing and dancing - students from Kunming City College stepping on the sound of the four stringed qin, dancing with the left foot of the Yi ethnic group, and offering flowers to guests who came from afar. It is understood that Kunming is the first stop for these travel merchants to re-enter China after a 3-year hiatus. They will conduct a field trip to gain a deeper understanding of local characteristic tourism resources. Dai Bin, President of the China Tourism Research Institute, believes that one of the key measures to achieve "attracting tourists to China" is to make visa processing as convenient as possible. Since the resumption of national travel agencies and online tourism enterprises operating foreign entry team tourism and "air ticket+hotel" business at the end of March this year, China has introduced a series of policy measures to facilitate foreign entry, helping to increase the popularity of the inbound tourism market. According to the relevant person in charge of the Foreigner Management Department of the National Immigration Administration, port visa business has been carried out in 99 open ports in 72 cities with a large number of entries nationwide. 24-hour transit visa free policies are implemented for citizens of various countries at all open ports, and regional entry visa free policies are implemented in Hainan, Shanghai, and other places, including 15 days visa free for Shanghai cruise ships and 30 days visa free for Hainan 59 countries Tourism groups from 10 ASEAN countries enter Guilin, Guangxi for 144 hours without visa, which facilitates the exchange of Chinese and foreign personnel and promotes foreign exchange and cooperation. The relevant person in charge of the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that in order to provide more channels and convenience for foreigners to travel to China, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is actively adjusting the visa and entry policies for foreigners to China, significantly optimizing the visa application forms for foreigners to China, reducing the filling content of 7 major items and 15 sub items, and optimizing the simplification rate by 34%. At present, 100 embassies and consulates abroad have implemented the "on-demand processing" of visas, and it is expected that all global embassies and consulates abroad will cancel visa application appointments by the end of this year. "You can travel from Vientiane, Laos to Jinghong, China in more than five hours by taking the bullet train". It's really convenient to travel to China through the China Laos railway! "Thai tourists visited China more than 10 years ago in Zala. This time, he chose to travel to China by taking the China Laos railway cross-border passenger train to experience the speed of China and feel the changes in China. Tina Nai, who was on the same train as Zala, was on her first trip to China. We
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Source:people.cn
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