On March 14, Wang Wenbin, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said at a regular press conference that China has decided to expand the scope of national pilots for outbound group tours for citizens starting from March 15, so as to further create favorable conditions for outbound tourism.
Wang Wenbin introduced that some time ago, we tried to resume the outbound group travel of Chinese citizens in some countries, and the overall implementation was good.
Recently, the epidemic situation in China has remained stable, and people's demand for outbound travel has increased. Many countries are looking forward to Chinese tourists visiting.
To this end, China has decided to expand the scope of national pilot programs for outbound group tours for citizens starting from March 15, so as to further create favorable conditions for outbound tourism.
The competent department will continue to guide tourism enterprises to organize and implement it carefully.
At the same time, it is also hoped that tourists will do a good job of self-health monitoring before travel, pay attention to their own safety and protection when abroad, strictly abide by the epidemic prevention requirements of our country and localities, and travel in a healthy, safe and civilized manner.
Previously, according to the WeChat public account of "Voice of Culture and Tourism", starting from March 15, 2023, the national travel agencies and online travel companies will resume the pilot operation of Chinese citizens going to relevant countries (the second batch) for outbound group travel and "air ticket + hotel" business.
In addition to the first batch announced earlier, there are currently 60 pilot countries for outbound group tours, including the Maldives, France, Iceland, and Brazil.
Country list:
Nepal, Brunei, Vietnam, Mongolia, Iran, Jordan, Tanzania, Namibia, Mauritius, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Zambia, Senegal, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Serbia, Croatia, France, Greece, Spain, Iceland , Albania, Italy, Denmark, Portugal, Slovenia, Vanuatu, Tonga, Samoa, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Panama, Dominica, El Salvador, Dominica, Bahamas.
Previously, according to the news from the WeChat public account of "Voice of Culture and Tourism" on January 20, starting from February 6, 2023, national travel agencies and online travel companies will be resumed on a pilot basis to operate Chinese citizens' outbound group travel and "air ticket + hotel" business in relevant countries. .
Country list:
Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Laos, UAE, Egypt, Kenya, South Africa, Russia, Switzerland, Hungary, New Zealand, Fiji, Cuba, Argentina.
China News Service (CNS1952) synthesized from Xinhua News Agency, "The Voice of Wenlv" WeChat public account, @文旅之声微博
(WeChat public account of China News Service)