CCTV News: On January 14, the State Immigration Administration released data showing that in 2024, the national immigration management agencies inspected a total of 610 million inbound and outbound personnel, an increase of 43.9% year-on-year. As the transit visa-free policy continues to be relaxed and optimized, the popularity of foreigners entering China continues to rise. In 2024, 20.115 million foreigners who were allowed to enter the country at all ports across the country, an increase of 112.3% year-on-year. Transit visa-free policy is constantly being optimized, and the popularity of inbound travel has increased
In 2024, "China Travel China Travel" became a popular search term, and the number of related views exceeded 1 billion on the international Internet. This is due to the 18 policy measures that my country continues to introduce, including 240-hour visa-free transit and visa-free visa-free entry for foreign tourists by cruise ships.
Two days ago, a group of tourists from Malaysia came to Huangshan, Anhui to appreciate the ancient buildings of Huizhou with pink walls and black tiles, and enjoy the poetic and picturesque landmark scenery.
In order to further promote the prosperity and development of the inbound tourism market, Anhui has also created a number of theme tourism boutique routes such as study, prayer, photography, and cultural heritage that meet the preferences of tourists from different sources of tourists.
In Hubei, the local area has achieved full coverage of convenient payment equipment in key tourism reception areas by adding new wild card payment equipment, redemption points, etc., so that inbound tourists can "travel", "buy" and "entertainment" unimpeded. The Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, Shennongjia, Wudang Mountain, etc. have become popular attractions for overseas tourists to check in with their unique natural scenery and national cultural style.
At present, my country has implemented unilateral visa exemption with 38 countries and achieved comprehensive mutual visa exemption with 26 countries. While the number of inbound tourists and consumption in my country is growing rapidly, the satisfaction of foreign tourists is also steadily increasing. The convenient channels to come to China have injected new impetus into promoting the coordinated development of cross-regional tourism. Since the implementation of "one sign and multiple lines" and "one line per week", the issuance volume has increased sharply
In 2024, my country has introduced a series of convenient measures to support Hong Kong and Macao in better integration into the overall national development and promote cross-strait integration development, making exchanges between Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan smoother.
