#看见人间百态#
144 hours of visa-free foreign tourism, attracting more than 13 million foreign tourists to China, can earn 40 billion, China's cultural tourism takes off, foreign Internet celebrities flock in, self-media report China, 1 billion hits, China's friendly, ancient, powerful and peaceful country is displayed in front of the world, free and true foreign propaganda, and puncture the biased bias and lies of Western media. The implementation of a series of visa-free policies, such as the 144-hour transit visa-free policy, has had a positive impact on the development of China's cultural tourism industry. In the first quarter of 2024, the number of foreign arrivals and departures reached 13.074 million, an increase of 305.2% year-on-year, and has recovered to 92.46% of the data for the same period in 2019. Since the beginning of this year, tourists from France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Malaysia, Switzerland, Ireland, Hungary, Austria, Belgium and Luxembourg have increased by 341% year-on-year. Among them, Malaysia's inbound travel orders increased by 485% year-on-year, which is the largest increase in the country; Inbound bookings for Germany increased by 223% and France by 273%.
In the context of the continuous rise in the popularity of inbound tourism, not only well-known scenic spots in first-tier cities, but also niche villages and private restaurants in the central and western regions have become check-in places for foreign tourists. For example, in the first quarter of this year, Beijing received 469,000 inbound tourists, an increase of 3.1 times year-on-year.
Many foreign tourists share their trips to China on social media, showcasing China's modern technological development, convenient mobile payments, well-developed public transportation, hospitable people, and safe travel environment, etc., which attract more foreigners to take an interest in China and want to experience it for themselves. This kind of good word-of-mouth and publicity effect formed through the authentic sharing of tourists will help break the prejudice and lies of some Western media and let the world understand China more comprehensively.
China is also constantly optimizing its inbound tourism services, including improving the convenience of payment, solving the shortage of tour guides in minority languages, cooperating with European travel websites to promote them, and optimizing travel itineraries to attract more foreign tourists and provide them with a better travel experience.
In addition, a number of Chinese airlines have increased their investment in European route capacity to provide more convenience for tourists. The 15-day visa-free entry policy for cruise ships has also enabled port cities such as Shanghai to welcome more overseas tourists, promoting the recovery of the cruise industry and demonstrating China's attractiveness and development potential as a tourist destination.
These changes will not only help promote the development of China's cultural tourism industry, but also strengthen cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries, so that China's image as a friendly, ancient, strong and peaceful country will be displayed in front of the world. However, further authoritative statistics and confirmation may be needed on attracting more than 2 million foreign tourists to China to earn 15 billion yuan and the specific 1 billion clicks reported by relevant self-media. However, there is no doubt that measures such as the visa-free policy have had a significant positive impact on China's inbound tourism market.
