{"id":677,"date":"2024-03-25T18:48:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T10:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ftpol.com\/en\/?p=677"},"modified":"2024-03-25T18:48:02","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T10:48:02","slug":"hainans-visa-free-policy-sparks-surge-in-inbound-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ftpol.com\/en\/hainans-visa-free-policy-sparks-surge-in-inbound-tourism.html","title":{"rendered":"Hainan&#8217;s visa-free policy sparks surge in inbound tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"Content\">\n<figure class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"img-65fbec76a31082fc2b6add04\" src=\"https:\/\/img2.chinadaily.com.cn\/images\/202403\/21\/65fbec76a31082fc2b6add04.jpeg\" data-from=\"newsroom\" data-mimetype=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><figcaption>A family watch a passenger plane outside Haikou Meilan International Airport in Haikou, Hainan province, on Feb 18. YUAN JINGZHI\/FOR CHINA DAILY<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A bit more than a month after South China&#8217;s Hainan province extended its visa-free entry to visitors from 59 eligible countries, the number of inbound visitors has surpassed 30,000, according to statistics released at a press conference on Thursday morning. The most common purposes of entry are tourism and visiting friends and relatives.<\/p>\n<p>Starting on Feb 9, citizens from 59 countries could enter Hainan visa-free for up to 30 days for various purposes, including business, visiting, family reunions, medical treatment, exhibitions, and sports competitions.<\/p>\n<p>Luo Zhengyu, deputy chief of the Haikou General Station of Exit and Entry Frontier Inspection, highlighted Hainan&#8217;s latest visa-free policy prospects at the press conference.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With the upcoming Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2024 and the fourth China International Consumer Products Expo on the horizon, there&#8217;s a good opportunity to showcase and promote the province&#8217;s visa-free policy to a wide range of audiences, both domestic and international,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Liu Rutao, deputy director of the Hainan Provincial Bureau of International Economic Development, noted that expanding the 59 countries&#8217; visa-free entry policy presented opportunities for Chinese and overseas enterprises to leverage Hainan&#8217;s strategic position and favorable business environment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By taking advantage of this policy, Hainan serves as a hub for inviting global buyers and partners to explore and negotiate cooperation opportunities. Chinese enterprises can establish a product display and trading center, an international exchange center, and an international operation headquarters in Hainan,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, overseas enterprises can harness this policy to establish regional headquarters in Hainan, positioning themselves to access the Chinese, Southeast Asian and even global markets, according to Liu.<\/p>\n<p>Hainan currently operates a network of 45 international passenger routes connecting 26 cities, such as Seoul, Singapore, Bangkok, Sydney, Auckland, Abu Dhabi, Moscow and Almaty.<\/p>\n<p>Considered the most open and convenient entry policy in China, this allows international visitors from the 59 visa-free eligible countries to take a direct flight to Hainan from their home countries or other regions or transit through Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A family watch a passenge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ftpol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ftpol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ftpol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ftpol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ftpol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=677"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ftpol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":678,"href":"https:\/\/www.ftpol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677\/revisions\/678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ftpol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ftpol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ftpol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}