Your current location:HOME >health >Recovering China outbound, inbound travel boosting global tourism market 正文
TIME:2024-05-19 09:52:23 Source: Internet compilationEdit:health
As China lifted more travel restrictions after it optimized its COVID-19 response, its recovering ou
As China lifted more travel restrictions after it optimized its COVID-19 response, its recovering outbound and inbound travel is injecting new impetus into the global tourism market.
China on Wednesday began allowing travel agencies and online tourism services providers to offer group tours to a second list of 40 destinations, including France, Greece, Spain, Italy, Denmark, and Brazil, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
China's outbound group travel market was halted in early 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As the country has optimized its pandemic response, it has rolled out a pilot program to resume outbound travel to the first group of 20 countries, including Thailand, Indonesia, Maldives, Singapore, Egypt, Kenya, Switzerland, and New Zealand, from Feb. 6 this year.
Meanwhile, to further facilitate cross-border travel, China's visa authorities abroad resumed issuance of all categories of visas to foreigners starting Wednesday, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
"We received the first order to travel to Spain and Portugal on the morning of March 11, the day after the circular on the second batch of 40 destinations was released," said Zhou Weihong, deputy general manager of Spring Tour Travel Agency.
Medium to long-distance destinations such as Serbia and Italy became the choices of Chinese tourists, and many planned to travel during the coming May Day holiday, Zhou said.
Travel agencies are introducing related products to cash in on the pent-up travel demand. Gu Wei, the general manager assistant of Shanghai Airlines Tours International (Group) Co., Ltd, said the company's products regarding traveling to Spain, France, and Switzerland have attracted considerable interest. Their group tours to Iran will leave in April.
Searches and bookings for group tours, airline tickets, and hotels surged on leading online travel agencies, including Trip.com Group, Tongcheng Travel, and Mafengwo.
With the number of outbound destinations for group tours reaching 60, travel agencies can offer more diversified and cost-effective products to cover destinations with similar geographical locations.
Over the past more than one month, Spring Tour has received nearly 10,000 outbound tourists, and its outbound tourists around the May Day holiday are expected to recover to more than half of the level in the same period of 2019.
Dai Bin, president of China Tourism Academy, said that China's outbound tourism market would see a sustained and accelerated recovery throughout 2023.
Chinese tourists are paying more attention to the flexibility and personalized experience of the trips, and the tour groups are becoming smaller, said Liu Ning, president of Shanghai Jinjiang Travel Holdings Co., Ltd.
China's recovering outbound travel demand has brought greater confidence to the global tourism industry. Thailand originally expected to receive 5 to 6 million Chinese tourists this year. But according to the current good recovery momentum, it further raised the forecast, Yuthasak Supasorn, governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand, said in a recent tourism promotion event in Shanghai.
China's inbound tourism market is also steadily recovering with the removal of travel restrictions.
Wang Wei, president of Shanghai Spring International Travel Service (Group) Co., Ltd., said the company launched products to attract more overseas tourists to deeply appreciate Chinese culture and experience the life of Chinese people.
Dai of China Tourism Academy proposed to build several window cities for the exchange and mutual learning of world civilizations while building world-class tourism destinations to attract more overseas visitors.
"We will continue to share with other countries in the world the achievements of effectively coordinating COVID-19 responses with economic and social development and the opportunities from the tourism market recovery and development," Dai said.
Joel Matip and Thiago Alcantara to leave Liverpool when contracts expire at end of season2024-05-19 09:37
Where Baltimore bridge investigation goes now2024-05-19 09:31
Man charged with murder of Hori Gage2024-05-19 09:24
Good News: Stories that cheered us up for the week of 112024-05-19 08:58
Thitikul shoots 65 for 22024-05-19 08:55
Tauranga boarding house fails healthy homes standards, owner ordered to pay tenants2024-05-19 08:48
Texas: Diversity, equity and inclusion ban has led to more than 100 job cuts at state universities2024-05-19 08:18
2028 total solar eclipse in New Zealand likely big tourism drawcard, astronomer says2024-05-19 07:36
Nicola Coughlan wows in a scarlet leather dress and corset as she reunites with Bridgerton co2024-05-19 07:22
Community papers to be digitalised to preserve Aotearoa's history2024-05-19 07:10
Researchers date living age of Liujiang Homo sapiens in south China2024-05-19 09:43
All Newshub operations to be shut down, 250 jobs to go2024-05-19 09:04
Government warns against travel to Gaza, Israel border regions2024-05-19 08:57
Hamas says it will continue negotiating for ceasefire as Ramadan nears2024-05-19 08:36
Nelson Cruz hired by MLB as special adviser for baseball operations2024-05-19 08:28
Ukraine could face defeat in 2024. Here's how that might look2024-05-19 08:26
Texas: Diversity, equity and inclusion ban has led to more than 100 job cuts at state universities2024-05-19 08:24
Community papers to be digitalised to preserve Aotearoa's history2024-05-19 08:20
An abortion rights initiative makes the ballot in conservative South Dakota2024-05-19 08:13
People turning up drunk at emergency departments increasingly older2024-05-19 07:12