It’s easy and smooth sailing, say visa-free travellers to China

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Travellers from the six countries granted visa-free entry to China have lauded the new policy by the Chinese government, saying that the procedures at immigration checks were smooth.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 Chinese airports have welcomed foreign tourists from six countries since the implementation

00:05 of the country's new cross-border visa-free travel policy on Friday.

00:10 Passport holders from Malaysia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands are allowed

00:16 entry to China visa-free for business, tourism, transit and visiting relatives and friends

00:21 for no more than 15 days.

00:24 If we don't have to travel with no visa, it would be faster.

00:29 It's more inviting, so probably a lot more people will come and see your beautiful country.

00:34 The travelers said the visa-free policy had made it easy for them at immigration checks

00:38 and it will boost tourism in China.

00:45 The new policy will be effective until November 30 next year.

00:49 In Beijing by Friday evening, the Border Inspection Administration completed the visa-free entry

00:55 procedures for a total of 189 passengers from the six countries.

01:00 On one flight from Paris to Xiamen, some 100 tourists out of 140 foreigners on board were

01:06 granted visa-free entry.

01:08 To ensure that the cross-border visa-free travel policy is implemented on time, the

01:11 airport and airline companies in Beijing will strengthen their pre-emptive check-in channels

01:17 to ensure that our passports are valid and valid.

01:20 Since the new pre-emptive check-in policy was released, the number of foreign tourists

01:25 on the South Korean and European airlines has increased by 35 percent compared to last week,

01:28 with Rome reaching 200 percent.

01:31 The six countries joined Singapore and Brunei, which had gained visa-free entry as well,

01:35 to China in July.

01:37 -END-

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