"Returning customers" have become a new growth potential for inbound tourism. "Impression of China" is three-dimensional, vivid and full of vitality
2024-08-26
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CCTV News:Since the beginning of this year, inbound tourism has continued to recover and grow. With the continuous expansion of the 144-hour visa-free "circle of friends", more and more foreign tourists are visiting China. Among them, "returning customers" who travel to China for the second time or with their family and friends for multiple times have become a new growth potential for inbound tourism.
Gosia from Poland is enjoying her second trip to China on a cruise ship in Shanghai.
"I think there are a lot of places worth exploring in China," said Gosia, a Polish tourist. "No matter where you go, no matter which city you go to in China, the people are completely different, with different cultures and even different food."
In Yangshuo, Guangxi, French tourist Ludovic told reporters that when he and his wife came to China a year ago, visas were still quite troublesome, but now the situation is completely different.
French tourist Ludovic said: "My son and daughter came to China to travel together. It was very simple to apply for a visa. All they had to do was take their passports to go through customs, fill out forms, and get stamps."
Another Italian tourist hopes that the visa-free period can be extended in the future. Martina said: "I decided to stay for three weeks because China is so big that even in three weeks you can only experience a small part of it."
The reporter saw tourists from Luxembourg applying for driver's licenses at the Capital International Airport. They were going to travel by car around Beijing. With the help of the staff, they got their Chinese driver's licenses in half an hour.
A tourist from Luxembourg said: "The last time I came to China was in 2020. Because we had to go to the embassy to handle formalities, it was much more difficult at the beginning and the workload was greater, but this time it was very smooth."
In Shanghai, hotel services continue to deepen, and some homestays have also begun to open to foreign tourists.
The French guests said: "We are very satisfied with our stay. We are all surprised by China's openness."
Travel bloggers Peggy and Jack told reporters that their "China Travel" video has been viewed more than 3 million times.
They told reporters that the most popular part of videos about traveling to China is "people". For example, the old men "talking freely" in Beijing's alleys, the enthusiastic aunties doing square dance in Shanghai's parks. Cycling in China, attending Chinese weddings, experiencing nightlife... Under the lens of foreign bloggers, China's image is three-dimensional, vivid and full of vitality.
Jack, a British tourist, said: "Shooting travel videos in China has become very popular in recent months. On our next trip to China, we want to go to Heilongjiang and different places in the northeast to continue to break people's previous impressions of China."
Source: CCTV.com
