CCTV News: In the past year, there has been a big highlight in the cultural and tourism market, which is the popularity of inbound tourism. The latest data from the State Immigration Administration shows that in 2024, 20.115 million foreigners were allowed to enter the country without visa, an increase of 112.3% year-on-year. Among them, Shanghai is one of the popular destinations. Next, follow the reporter to take a walk on the streets of Shanghai.

This is Shanghai Yuyuan, one of the attractions with the most foreign tourists. Let's take a look now and see how high the "foreigner's concentration" is.

Chen Jidong, assistant to the president of Dayuyuan Commercial Development Group, said that especially since the second half of last year, European and American groups, Korean groups, Japanese groups, and Vietnam groups have gradually increased. There are a lot of people in 2024 and it is very popular. Welcome to Shanghai!

Luo Rui, a staff member of a hot pot restaurant in Shanghai, said in an interview that Korean tourists come to the store to eat every day, and more than half of them are Korean tourists during peak hours.

In 2024, the number of inbound passengers at Shanghai Port reached 18.085 million, a year-on-year increase of 95.6%. Whether it is airlines or cruise ships, Shanghai continues to maintain its largest entry and exit port status in the country. Optimize visa-free policies, improve entry efficiency, and improve mobile payments. China's door to opening up is getting bigger and bigger, and the attractiveness of "Chinese travel" continues to increase.

Global fans Foreign tourists are looking forward to a "Chinese tour" that can go wherever you go

With the continuous optimization of my country's transit visa-free policy, the label of "Chinese tour" has become the "traffic password" of overseas social platforms. A reporter from the Taiwan Taiwan recently conducted street interviews in many countries and regions to see where everyone’s interests are?

For more than a year, my country's visa-free "circle of friends" has continued to expand. Up to now, my country has achieved comprehensive mutual visa exemption with 26 countries, and has piloted unilateral visa exemption for 38 countries and implemented a transit visa exemption policy for 54 countries. At present, the media traffic of the "China Travel" theme has exceeded 1 billion on the international Internet.

According to statistics from a large South Korean travel agency, as of January 14, the number of bookings for travel packages to China this year has increased significantly. In Japan, in addition to traditional tourism routes such as Beijing and Shanghai and giant panda-themed tourism, many Japanese travel agencies have also turned their attention to inland Chinese cities such as Zhengzhou, Xi'an and Luoyang, and plan to create study tours, "Silk Road Tours" and other high-quality tourism products that meet the needs of Japanese tourists.