RichardSmith

The 144-hour visa-free transit policy is not only a business card showcasing China's image, but also a booster for boosting tourism consumption and promoting the prosperous development of related industries. Driven by both policy and market forces, China's inbound tourism has entered a virtuous cycle and sped onto a fast track of development. The dividends released by China's continuous optimization of visa policies are not only reflected in the tourism market but also expand to other fields. Looking back on the course of China's reform and opening up, inbound tourism has been of great significance in promoting opening up to the outside world. In the 1980s, in order to enable foreign capital to understand China's social and business environment, China took inbound tourism as a starting point, creating a channel for reform and opening up. The development of inbound tourism can not only drive the prosperity of the tourism industry and bring economic benefits, but also...

On September 10th, china tourism academy released the Report on the High-quality Development of Inbound Tourism in China, which showed that in the first half of 2024, the total number of entry and exit visits of residents and foreigners from China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan by the national immigration authorities recovered to 92% in the same period of 2019, while the number of entry foreigners reached more than 14 million. According to a preliminary estimate, there are about 11 million foreign tourists coming to China, and the recovery and development of inbound tourism in China continues to improve. Especially after the China government implemented the 72/144-hour transit visa-free policy to facilitate the entry and exit of foreign tourists, the "China Travel China Tour" exploded online and offline. It is more convenient for foreign tourists to visit China, and it also brings China closer to the world. In addition, the relevant departments have further relaxed the conditio...