Inbound tourism in Shanghai heats up in summer travel surge
/ Our Today
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Thanks to China’s visa-free policies and related measures, the popularity of both travel and shopping in China among foreigners has risen, serving as a boost to the country’s tourism development.
Foreign nationals made a total of 38.05 million trips to or from China in the first six months of the year, which was an increase of 30.2 per cent year on year, the National Immigration Administration (NIA) said on July 16.
Of these trips, 13.64 million were visa-free entries, an increase of 53.9 per cent from the same period last year, the NIA said.
Shanghai has seen a surge in inbound tourism since July 1, in the summer travel season. The city recorded 187 thousand inbound tourist trips during July 1 to July 15, a 35.5 per cent increase from the previous year.
Among them, 92 thousand visits were visa-free entries, accounting for nearly 50 per cent of the total number of inbound foreign travellers.
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