China’s Holiday Travel Gets a Visa-Free Boost
China recorded nearly 6.8 million cross-border trips during the Qingming Festival holiday, driven by a surge in visa-free visitors and shifting outbound travel preferences that crowned South Korea as the top destination.
The daily average of cross-border trips reached 2.26 million during the holiday period from Saturday to Monday, a 9.1% increase from the same period last year, according to the National Immigration Administration. Foreigners made 843,000 inbound and outbound trips, jumping 20.9% year-on-year, with visa-free entries surging 30.7% to 319,000. Outbound travel dynamics also shifted, as Southeast Asia retained its dominance while traditional favorite Japan fell out of the top three destinations.
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