Although the global new coronavirus mutation continues to emerge, all countries have relaxed border restrictions and revitalized their economies.
In recent times, domestic entry measures have shown a trend of relaxation.
not only has opened up the processing of multiple visas, but also good news has been heard inbound travel.
Yesterday, another document announced:
From now until April 8, 2024
agreed to Tianjin, Shanghai, Hainan and Chongqing to carry out a comprehensive pilot program for expanding the opening up of the service industry.
The article mentions four domestic cities: Shanghai, Tianjin, Hainan, and Chongqing. The attachment of
shows that the implementation of adjustment: Foreign-invested travel agencies established in Shanghai and Chongqing and meet the conditions are allowed to engage in outbound travel business except Taiwan.
For Chongqing, Tianjin and Hainan, access to private non-enterprise units that donate foreign funds to organize non-profit nursing homes will be relaxed.
Although the file refers to the recovery of "Foreign investment travel agency ", it does not directly say "resuming international travel". It is likely that its main purpose is to attract foreign investment and expand outbound travel services.
, it is not difficult to understand it as a "setting" policy.
After all, the ultimate goal of foreign investment in travel agencies is to drive the tourism industry.
believes in good news directly related to international travel
is also worth looking forward to!
In the past two months, we have received more than one good news.
China plans to relax entry regulations for some foreign passengers
On September 19, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China, together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Public Security, and the . The General Administration of Customs and . The Immigration Bureau and other departments have studied and drafted the "Border Tourism Management Measures (Revised Draft for Comments)".
. It is proposed that the entry and exit procedures for the two sides' tourism teams are handled according to the formal agreement on border tourism cooperation; the tourism teams of both sides can flexibly select entry and exit ports within the scope agreed in the border tourism cooperation agreement and indicate them in the "Border Tourism Team List Table".
In recent months, the relevant regulations on domestic and international travel have been gradually relaxed from restoring more direct flights with some countries to allowing foreign students holding valid residence permits to enter China. Quarantine measures for international inbounders have also been reduced.
Yang Jinsong, director of the International Tourism Research Institute of the China Tourism Academy of National Think Tank, said: "I think cross-border tourism will recover, but I cannot predict when it will be."
"It depends on the epidemic situation and the effect of virus control measures, and the tourism department cannot decide."
At the same time, Hong Kong's pace of relaxing entry isolation seems to have doubled, from 0+7 to 0+3, and now it is even more calling for 0+0!
Hong Kong may be expected to achieve "0+0"
China Hong Kong's "0+3" policy means that passengers coming to Hong Kong do not need to be quarantined in hotels, but are still not allowed to enter designated places such as restaurants and bars within three days.
Since the implementation of this policy at the end of September, it hopes to attract people from all over the world to come to Hong Kong and support Hong Kong's tourism industry.
Hong Kong media predicts that Hong Kong Chief Executive Li Jiachao will issue a policy report on October 19, with great opportunity to announce the return to normal and take "0+0" measures.
According to media reports, the proportion of Hong Kong's tourism industry's GDP (GDP) has dropped from 4.5% in 2018 to 3.6% in 2019.
plummeted to 0.4% in 2020. visitors dropped from 55.91 million in 2019 to 3.57 million in 2020, and only 91,000 in 2021 .
This "0+3" policy has been long-awaited for the Hong Kong tourism industry. The policy was announced on the same day that Hong Kong Cathay Pacific website was instantly inaccessible. Ctrip Online reservation Hong Kong hotel orders also increased by 35% compared with the previous one. The announcement of the "0+3" policy of
is good news for all tourists under the current conditions. Hong Kong government is currently discussing with mainland China to promote "reverse isolation" , that is, after selecting a location in Hong Kong to complete the isolation, it will enter Shenzhen and other places in a closed loop, but the relevant arrangements have not been announced at present.
From August to September, and now early October, it seems that we are witnessing good news every month.
The opening up in China is gradually underway, and Chinese people who want to return to China will also look forward to it.
, especially the gradual promotion of the tourism industry, whether for domestic and foreign partners, the relaxation of policies undoubtedly brings everyone one step closer to the "free travel" plan.
11 countries and regions around the world have canceled all New Coronavirus Entry restrictions
200 countries and regions have canceled entry tests for fully vaccinated persons
Yesterday, according to statistics from the travel website TravelOffPath, as of October 4, 2022, a total of 111 countries or regions around the world have completely canceled the entry restrictions on new crown:
https://www. ml4 has completely cancelled the entry restrictions on COVID-19 as follows:
- No new crown detection before entering the country
- No new crown detection is required when entering the country or after entering the country
- No new crown detection is required because of the new crown Citizens of the country enter
- does not require entry isolation
- does not need to provide vaccination certificate when entering
The full list and opening hours of these countries are as follows:
On the above list, Hong Kong, China and Taiwan were not selected because although both places have greatly relaxed entry control recently, they still need entry testing and home observation, and they do not meet the standards of not isolating the test.
According to the statistics of the Flytrippers website, the number of countries and regions in the world without any entry restrictions on the new crown is 104:
It is worth noting that there are several major countries in the world that are not fully open, such as the United States, Japan, Brazil , India, Russia, Indonesia and other countries, However, these major countries, the United States, Japan, Brazil, India, etc., only require pre-entry testing and no quarantine is required.
According to statistics from the Flytrippers website, among the 222 countries and regions around the world, as of August 4, 2022, 199 countries (including Canada, 200 countries) do not require incoming people to be tested and isolated. 4 countries need pre-entry antigen testing, 4 countries need nucleic acid testing, before entering, 3 countries or regions need to be tested and isolated, and 12 countries and regions are basically not open.
In fact, the above statistics are as of August 4, which is a bit outdated. As of October 8 today, there are more and more open countries, fewer restrictions, and fewer countries and regions that are not open should be fewer. The future trend will inevitably be: the world will eventually completely emerge from the new crown epidemic. Let us be full of hope and wait for that day to come...
