China News Service, Yinchuan, February 7th (Reporter Yu Jing) "I have longed for Egypt for a long time, and today I can finally realize my dream." On February 7th, Mr. Zheng, a citizen of Yinchuan, Ningxia, boarded a flight from Chengdu to Egypt.
Before boarding the plane, he told reporters on the phone that on the day when outbound travel was announced to resume, he contacted a travel agency to sign up for a "9-day in-depth trip to explore ancient Egypt, a country with a thousand-year-old civilization."
According to the notice issued by the General Office of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, starting from February 6, China Travel Agencies and online travel companies will resume the pilot program of outbound group travel and "air ticket + hotel" business for Chinese citizens going to relevant countries.
Recently, major travel agencies in Ningxia have planned and promoted the latest outbound travel routes, and registration and group tours have come back to life.
On February 7, Yinchuan Ctrip Travel Agency's first outbound tour group in three years, "Bangkok, Thailand + Pattaya, 6 days, 5 nights and a half self-guided tour", departed from Guangzhou.
"This line has been very popular since it was launched. Currently, tours have been formed on February 9th and 13th." The relevant person in charge of Ctrip told reporters that since mid-January, there have been a lot of outbound travel inquiries. Mostly under the age of 55.
After the official opening of outbound travel on February 6, tourism products in Southeast Asia and islands are relatively hot.
According to Ctrip data, from January 20 to February 5, the number of outbound air ticket orders for Ningxia tourists increased by 398% year-on-year. The popular destination countries and regions for air tickets are: Thailand, Australia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Singapore.
So far, Ctrip has launched nearly 1,200 outbound groups and "air ticket + hotel" packaged products, covering 16 countries, Hong Kong and Macau.
Judging from the registration situation, with its warm hospitality and relatively cheap air tickets, Thailand is still the most popular destination for outbound tours. Maldives, Hong Kong, Macau, Egypt, New Zealand, and Indonesia are also popular among tourists.
On the same day, in the service hall of the Exit-Entry Administration Bureau of the Yinchuan Public Security Bureau, the number of people applying for entry-exit documents basically returned to that before the epidemic.
"I have been helping my children with my children since I retired, and I want to take my wife to Southeast Asia and see the world after the opening of the country." Mr. Li, a citizen who is queuing up to pick up the number, told the reporter, "I just called No. 188, and now there are more than 300 number."
The relevant person in charge of the Exit-Entry Administration of the Yinchuan Public Security Bureau told reporters that in accordance with the requirements of the National Immigration Administration to optimize immigration management policies and measures, from January 8, 2023, entry and exit documents such as passports, Hong Kong and Macao travel permits, and various endorsements will be fully restored. handle.
Up to now, a total of more than 5,300 documents for going abroad (territory) have been processed, and the number of documents issued in one day on the 6th has reached 437, basically recovering the number of documents issued before the epidemic.
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