Current location:world >>
Large foreign cruise ships visit Shanghai as inbound tourism recovery takes off
world81People have gathered around
IntroductionLarge inbound cruise ship "Mein Schiff" carrying 2,500 foreign travelers berthed at Shanghai's Wuson ...
Large inbound cruise ship "Mein Schiff" carrying 2,500 foreign travelers berthed at Shanghai's Wusongkou International Terminal on Saturday for a two-day stopover, while another two cruise ships are also reportedly set to arrive in Shanghai recently, carrying nearly 1,000 foreign inbound tourists.
Most of the tourists on Mein Schiff are from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, according to a report published on the Shanghai government website.
The tourists were warmly greeted with boisterous dragon and lion dances, as well as specially designed gifts. Meanwhile, financial institutions were invited to the welcome ceremony to provide currency exchange and mobile payment service support.
Data showed that Shanghai received 10 inbound cruise ships between January and March this year, bringing with them more than 22,000 travelers. A total of 18 cruise ships are expected to visit Shanghai this year, carrying over 40,000 inbound travelers.
The successive arrivals of foreign cruise ships in China so far this year underscores the rebound of the inbound tourism market, Jiang Yiyi, a deputy head of the School of Leisure Sports and Tourism at Beijing Sport University, told the Global Times on Sunday.
The willingness of foreigners to visit China has increased, partly thanks to supportive measures including visa-free policies and the easing of problems for foreign visitors like mobile payment hurdles, according to Jiang.
In the latest development, from March 14 to November 30, 2024, citizens from six European countries - Switzerland, Ireland, Hungary, Austria, Belgium and Luxembourg - are able to visit China for business, sight-seeing, transit and other purposes for up to 15 days without having to apply for a visa.
As related policies continue to produce effects, the country's inbound tourism market - whether in passenger trips and revenue generated - will outperform that recorded in 2019, Jiang said.
Border inspection agencies across China handled nearly 5.19 million entry and exit trips during the just-ended Qingming Festival holidays which drew to a close on Saturday, data from the National Immigration Administration (NIA) showed Sunday.
The number of entry and exit trips by foreigners reached 500,000, an increase of 163.2 percent compared to the same period in 2023, NIA data showed.
Tags:
Reprint:Friends are welcome to share on the Internet, but please indicate the source of the article when reprinting it.“World Wanderer news portal”。http://kazakhstan.liveandunplugged.org/article-24e899892.html
Related articles
Six killed in a 'foiled coup' in Congo, the army says
worldKINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Six people were killed and dozens arrested following attacks on the residence ...
【world】
Read moreHarvard president resigns amid new plagiarism allegations
worldIn this December 14, 2022, image released by Harvard University, Claudine Gay poses for a photo. [Ph ...
【world】
Read moreAsian regional cooperation highlighted at security meeting
worldFormer Chinese vice-foreign minister Fu Ying (left) speaks at a panel discussion during the 60th Mun ...
【world】
Read more
Popular articles
- Minnesota Uber and Lyft driver pay package beats deadline to win approval in Legislature
- FM mourns Kissinger, hails his contribution to ties
- Domestic 5
- CPC Central Committee Holds Consultative Meeting on Reform Plan of Party, State Institutions
- A warrant for Netanyahu’s arrest was requested. But no decision was made about whether to issue it
- Xinhua Headlines: Xi Jinping Unanimously Elected Chinese President, PRC CMC Chairman
Latest articles
Mohammad Mokhber: Who is Iran’s acting president?
China Focus: China Issues No. 1 Central Document for 2023, Highlights Rural Vitalization Tasks
Jilin eyes stable foreign trade growth in 2024
A family of forest rangers makes a difference
Siblings trying to make US water polo teams for Paris Olympics
US, Arab states at odds on truce
LINKS
- Mideast Updates: G7 warns of sanctions on Iran for attack on Israel
- That'll show 'em! All
- A rabbi serving 30 years to life in his wife's contract killing has died, prison officials say
- Brentford routs Luton 5
- That'll show 'em! All
- Remember me? Original Real Housewives of Orange County star Jo De La Rosa returns to the show
- David Pryor, former Arkansas governor, senator, dies at 89
- Canucks know the Preds in the NHL playoffs not who they swept during season
- Girona secures first ever European berth after caning Cadiz in La Liga
- The monkey gangs turning this Thai city into a real