Recently, China, Singapore and Thailand have signed agreements on mutual visa exemption, and China has become more and more vigorous in unilateral visa exemption and mutual visa exemption with foreign countries. In this regard, the spokesperson said that China's visa-free "circle of friends" continues to expand, and China and more and more countries have officially entered the "visa-free era". After China and Singapore and China and Thailand reached a mutual visa exemption agreement, during the Spring Festival, Chinese tourists' travel orders to Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand and Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand tourists to China increased significantly, and the positive effect of the "visa-free era" is emerging.
Recently, with the continuous optimization and implementation of a series of relevant policies to facilitate foreigners to travel in China, as well as the continuous restoration of the international tourism chain, China's inbound tourism development policies have continued to be released. In particular, after the expansion of policies such as visa-free and unilateral visa-free for China and foreign countries, China's inbound and outbound tourism market has ushered in a new round of heating, which has effectively boosted the confidence of the industry.
**The "Several Measures on Unleashing the Potential of Tourism Consumption and Promoting the High-quality Development of the Tourism Industry" previously issued by the General Office proposed that the implementation of the inbound tourism promotion plan, the optimization of visa and customs clearance policies, the resumption and increase of international flights, the improvement of inbound tourism services, and the optimization of departure tax refund services, etc., these specific measures clearly send a policy signal to strengthen the development of inbound tourism. This requires tourism enterprises to enhance their own innovation capabilities, actively adapt to changes in market demand, seize opportunities, take advantage of the momentum, and strive to transform policy dividends into development results.
Inbound tourism is a direct manifestation of a country's tourism competitiveness, cultural attractiveness and even comprehensive strength. Inbound tourism can not only bring great economic value, but also enhance the international image, promote scientific and technological innovation, and enhance international competitiveness. On the one hand, promoting the accelerated recovery of inbound tourism is a systematic project, which requires the cooperation of multiple departments, exploring the establishment of a joint conference system and an inter-provincial cooperation mechanism, and forming a policy synergy in the orderly recovery and expansion of visa-on-arrival and visa-free policies, and increasing the facilitation services such as payment and departure tax refund. On the other hand, it is necessary to further do a good job in top-level design, increase support for market operators, improve policy matching, launch a number of international customized tourism products and personalized service projects, continuously enrich product supply, enhance supporting service capabilities, and further improve service quality.
The continuous optimization of the entry management policy not only reflects China's attitude of continuing to expand opening up to the outside world, but also further promotes the development of inbound tourism. The advent of the "visa-free era" has made the "two-way travel" between China and the world smoother. The development of inbound and outbound tourism is not only conducive to enhancing China's competitiveness in the international tourism market, but also conducive to strengthening cultural exchanges and cooperation between China and foreign countries, and enhancing understanding and friendship between peoples of all countries. (Author: Wu Xue'an; Editor: Song Yuqiu).