CCTV News: As one of the new ports, Hunan Zhangjiajie Hehua International Airport reached 563,000 inbound and outbound personnel in 2024, an increase of 1.5 times year-on-year. Under the new visa-free policy, cross-provincial travel and in-depth travel have become a new trend for foreigners to travel in China.

In Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, 3103 quartz sandstone peak columns stand here straight. Visitors can take the Tianzi Mountain cableway and walk through the misty peaks and forests; they can also take the Hundred Dragons Ladder with a vertical height difference of 335 meters, reach the top in 1 minute and 26 seconds, and feel the excitement and thrilling.

In order to meet the needs of tourists for in-depth tourism, Zhangjiajie uses technology to empower excellent intangible cultural heritage skills and traditional folk customs, and innovatively launches a number of unique performance products such as "Caring Xiangxi" and "Zhangjiajie Eternal Love", which are interpreted in three languages: Chinese, English and Korean, to express the ethnic minority customs such as the Tujia, Miao, Bai, Dong and Yao ethnic groups in Xiangxi.

Under the new policy of transit visa-free, foreigners stay in the country has been extended to 240 hours. With the comprehensive relaxation and optimization of China's transit visa-free policy, the number of foreign tourists can go to has increased, and there is no need to worry about "not having enough fun".

In order to cope with the continuous rising inbound and outbound passenger flow, the Zhangjiajie Entry and Exit Border Inspection Station will provide border inspection services in advance to ensure that sufficient inspection channels are opened, help passengers prepare for customs clearance in advance, and improve port customs clearance efficiency.

Sanya, Hainan: Foreign tourists experience health tourism projects

As a well-known tourist city, Hainan Sanya, Hainan "gave fans" many foreign tourists. Now, in addition to tropical coastal resources and traditional ethnic culture, health tourism projects also attract many foreign tourists to experience it.

At a beach platform in the Nanshan Cultural Tourism Zone, more than a dozen tourists from Kazakhstan practiced Baduanjin under the leadership of a tour guide and a teacher. Under the teacher's demonstration, the tourists learned Ba Duan Jin and completed the movement of stretching their shoulders and soothing their heads and necks.

Now, local travel agencies are also targeting the needs of tourists who have entered the country for the first time and multiple times, and have refined and layered designs of traditional vacation projects, so that tourists can also experience China's unique traditional Chinese medicine health culture, and use acupuncture, massage and other treatment methods to provide tourists with personalized solutions.

In order to improve the internationalization of Sanya tourism, Sanya Tourism Development Bureau is also further developing domestic and foreign customer source markets.

In 2024, a total of 610 million people entering and leaving the country were inspected, an increase of 43.9% year-on-year

The reporter learned from a press conference held by the State Immigration Administration on January 14 that in 2024, the national immigration management agency inspected a total of 610 million people entering and leaving the country, an increase of 43.9% year-on-year.

Data shows that in 2024, the national immigration management agency inspected a total of 291 million mainland residents, 254 million Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan residents, and 64.882 million foreigners, an increase of 41.3%, 38.8% and 82.9% year-on-year respectively. A total of 32.566 million inbound and outbound transportation vehicles were inspected throughout the year, an increase of 38.8% year-on-year. Among them, there were 879,000 aircraft, 101,000 trains, 437,000 ships, and 31.149 million motor vehicles, up 62.6%, 11%, 8.2%, and 38.9% year-on-year respectively.

The relevant person in charge of the State Immigration Administration said that in 2024, the State Immigration Administration has continuously optimized policies such as port visas, transit visa exemption, and regional entry visa exemption, piloted the "no certificate presentation" channel, and actively promoted exchanges and exchanges between Chinese and foreign personnel. A total of 2.597 million foreign visa certificates were issued throughout the year, an increase of 52.3% year-on-year.