Behind the travel spree, improved visa policies are a significant impetus.
Since last year, China has implemented a visa-free policy for France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain, and reached mutual visa exemption agreements with Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Facilitated by the policies, Chinese tourists' travel bookings to the latter three countries increased by over 30% compared to 2019, while bookings from all the mentioned countries to China doubled against 2019.
As China's "friend circle" expands with its visa exemption list, a new spring for the interaction between people from China and other parts of the world will surely be ushered in.
