CCTV News (News Network): Data from the State Immigration Administration shows that since my country implemented the 240-hour transit visa-free policy on December 17, 2024, as of March 17, 8.805 million foreigners entered the ports across the country, an increase of 34.9% year-on-year.
When spring is warm and flowers are blooming, overseas tourists are coming one after another. A large number of foreign tourists entered the country from the Shanghai Pudong Airport Port and started the "China Ten-Day Tour" starting from Shanghai. Data shows that the number of foreign passengers entering the Shanghai Airport Port increased by 3.5 times compared with the same period last year. Hangzhou Port has enabled intelligent robots to guide foreign passengers to quickly clear the clearance, and the average clearance time for passengers is within 15 minutes. Since the visa-free policy of ASEAN tour groups entering Xishuangbanna, Yunnan implemented on February 10, the Mohan Border Inspection Station has inspected and released more than 156,000 inbound and outbound personnel from ten ASEAN countries, an increase of 27% year-on-year, making Xishuangbanna a popular tourist destination.
In addition, the popularity of cruise ships to China on sea continues to rise. Since the beginning of this year, Xiamen International Cruise Center has welcomed five cruises to the port, receiving nearly 3,000 foreign tourists. More than 30% of the passengers have entered the country through the Xiamen Port and then left the ports of other provinces and cities. The cross-regional tourism linkage effect is highlighted.
