China News Service, Beijing, February 7th (Reporter Chen Tianhao) China has always been one of the world's most important countries for outbound tourism consumption.
Recently, with China's announcement of control and epidemic prevention policies, Chinese tourists are gradually returning to the tourism market, which is expected to strongly stimulate the recovery of the global tourism industry.
In this regard, many foreign experts believe that China's relaxation of entry and exit measures is of great significance to the global economy, and they are full of confidence in the development of China's tourism industry in the post-epidemic era.
On January 8, passengers were preparing to go to the international, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan departure gates at the T3 terminal of Beijing Capital International Airport.
From that day onwards, China implemented "Class B and B Control" for the infection of the new crown virus, and in accordance with the international epidemic situation and various service guarantee capabilities, the outbound travel of Chinese citizens will be resumed in an orderly manner.
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"As China regains its economic development momentum, the next ten years will be a good decade for the development of China's tourism industry." Chris Ryan, director of the China-New Zealand Tourism Research Center and a professor at the School of Management at the University of Waikato in New Zealand, recently Said in an interview with Chinanews.com.
Professor Ryan said that China is the world's largest tourist source and receiving country, so China's relaxation of entry and exit measures is crucial to the world. "The opening of the tourism industry is also extremely important to China's own economic development. It has become an important part of China's GDP growth."
Professor Dimitrios Buhalis, deputy director of the International Tourism and Hospitality Research Center of Bournemouth University in the UK, said that the tourism industry accounts for 10% to 12% of global GDP, and the stronger the tourism consumption power of tourists , the greater the contribution to the global economy.
In addition, he is very optimistic about the booming business travel in China. "When you mention tourism, many people think of leisure travel, but there is still a lot of business travel, especially in China. The scale of business travel in China is very large."
In response to some countries' restrictions on tourists from China, Professor Ryan believes that such restrictions "do not make any sense. For those countries, this is just a comfort measure, not entirely from a scientific point of view."
Speaking of the future development of China's tourism industry, Professor Buharis said, "I think the development of China's tourism industry will exceed the level before the epidemic. Chinese people have a strong willingness to travel and want to experience the customs of various countries in the world. Therefore, China A population of over 1.4 billion will inject great vitality into the global tourism industry."
Professor Ryan is also optimistic about the future development of China's tourism industry. "The next ten years will be a good decade for the development of China's tourism industry. By then, China will regain its economic development momentum." In addition, he also predicted that after 2035, China will not only usher in the peak of cruise travel with the elderly as the main consumer group, but also usher in the new tourism trend led by the Z generation, including emerging business forms such as "travel games and surreal concepts realized with the help of VR equipment" or will be re-launched. Define tourism.
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