![]() Xu Xiaolei, marketing manager at China's CYTS Tours Holding Co, said his company is stepping up efforts to launch more inbound tourism products to meet the market demand. In response to this change, China is also optimizing its measures, Cao noted. ![]() Prior to March this year, the international academic circle had a low expectation toward Chinese consumers, but consumption in the past months clearly shows China consumers' robust expectation, in particular, the increased consumption in Southeast Asian countries during the May Day holiday has made many countries see the huge potential of Chinese tourists in spending, Cao Heping, an economist at Peking University, told the Global Times.īecause of the fast economic boom in the post COVID-19 era, the rest of the world is opening up to China. Sectors including foreign trade and cross-border e-commerce will directly benefit," Chen Jia, an independent analyst on global strategy, told the Global Times on Thursday. "The measures will greatly facilitate cross-border business, study, travel, consumption and family visits. Observers said the optimized measures are of great benefit to further unleash great potential in domestic consumption, enhance the pattern of high-level opening-up, and they have positive projection toward China's economy in tourism-related fields as a locomotive of the international economy. It was especially received with wide applauses from frequent travelers who commute between Hong Kong and the mainland cities as many optimized measures this time are targeting travels to Hong Kong.Ī wide range of residents can enjoy quick customs clearance at ports, including Chinese residents holding Chinese passports or the permit for travel to and from Hong Kong and Macao SARs and foreigners who hold foreign passports or the permanent residence permits, the National Immigration Administration (NIA) said in a release. The move thrilled travelers, businesspeople and students as they now can easily scan their faces and swipe passports or permits in seconds to pass the border. ![]() The full resumption of quick customs clearance procedure at ports across China implies past travel measures which were done via manual inspection channels - including scanning health QR code, checking body temperature and reporting their travel histories to COVID-19 related countries - will be scrapped, observers noted. Photo: VCGĪ large number of tourists visited Hong Kong Disneyland on April 28, 2023.Ĭhinese immigration authorities announced to fully resume quick customs clearance procedure at ports and roll out measures to make traveling between the Chinese mainland and the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions (SARs) easier, starting from Monday, in a bid to facilitate personnel exchanges between China and the SARs and promote China's opening-up to the world. Students in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region take part in the flag-raising ceremony of the National Youth Day at Golden Bauhinia Square in Hong Kong on May 4, 2023. ![]()
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