With the expansion of China's "visa-free circle of friends", Chinese and foreign tourists "go in both directions" during the Spring Festival this year, and the orders for outbound and inbound travel have exceeded the same period in 2019, and outbound travel has increased by nearly 10 times year-on-year, with about 3.23 million inbound tourists. The Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon has shown the world the vitality of China's economy and boosted market expectations and confidence throughout the year.
Before the Spring Festival, China unilaterally exempted visas to many countries, and this year's Spring Festival outbound and inbound travel orders exceeded the same period in 2019. Among them, outbound travel hit a peak in the past four years, and the number of bookings increased by nearly 10 times year-on-year. A total of 1,351 people from China and abroad were inspected and released by border inspection organs across the country70,000 person-times, an increase of 2 compared with the same period of the Spring Festival in 20238 times, recovering to nearly ninety percent of the same period in the Spring Festival in 2019.
Gong Yao, deputy director of the Border Inspection and Management Department of the National Immigration Administration, said that the highest single-day passenger flow occurred on February 12 (the third day of the first lunar month), reaching 18570,000 person-times; Inspection of cross-border transport vehicles4590,000 (ships, trains, vehicles), an increase of 1 compared with the same period of the Spring Festival in 20236 times.
According to data from tourism platforms, ticket orders for overseas scenic spots during the Spring Festival increased by more than 130% compared with 2019, and hotel bookings increased by 4% year-on-year7 times, international air ticket bookings increased by 14 times year-on-year, of which the total number of "Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand" travel orders increased by more than 30% compared with 2019.
During the Spring Festival holiday, Chinese tourists have footprints in 125 countries around the world, with outbound destinations covering more than 1,700 cities around the world, and the "Belt and Road" countries Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Turkey have increased significantly, while Melbourne, London, Istanbul, Dubai, Auckland, Cairo and other places have become popular cities for outbound travel during the Spring Festival.
With the effect of China's unilateral visa-free policy, the number of new visa-free tourists from countries such as France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Malaysia, and Singapore has increased significantly, and the total number of Spring Festival inbound travel orders from these countries has doubled compared with the same period in 2019. According to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, there were about 3.23 million inbound tourists during the eight-day Spring Festival holiday. Shanghai, Shenzhen, Beijing, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Chongqing, Nanjing, Harbin, Xi'an and other cities are the main destinations for inbound tourism.
Mao Ning, a spokesman for China, said on the 19th that the Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon has allowed the world to see the vitality of China's economy and boosted market expectations and confidence throughout the year. With the continuous expansion of China's visa-free "circle of friends" and the continuous rise in the popularity of inbound and outbound tourism, Chinese and foreign tourists "go in both directions" this Spring Festival, making the Spring Festival a peak period for global tourism consumption. The United Nations Tourism Organization (UNWTO) expects the recovery of China's inbound and outbound tourism to accelerate in 2024, driving the recovery of the global tourism market.