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Chinese tourism records broken in Shanghai
CGTN Europe
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16/03/2025
Nearly 5,000 overseas tourists entered China through Shanghai's main Cruise Terminal on Sunday, breaking a new record.
It follows Beijing's efforts to attract more international travellers through measures like visa-free travel. CGTN correspondent Wu Bin reports.
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A ceremony featuring dragon and lion dances to welcome the German cruise ship Aida Stella's
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first arrival at Shanghai Wusong International Cruise Terminal on Sunday.
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The ship brings almost 2,200 overseas visitors to China.
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The spectrum of the seas operated by Royal Caribbean International also docks at the
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terminal with 2,600 passengers on board.
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Combined they bring in around 4,800 foreign visitors, breaking the record for arrivals
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to China via the terminal in a single day.
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According to local immigration officials, nearly a third of the arriving visitors applied
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for 240-hour visa-free transit, and around 60 percent are entering China under the unilateral
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visa-free policy.
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And I have to say that the visa-free policy is what makes travel easy and fast.
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And especially our passengers, they like to explore the country, they like to get to know
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everyone and the culture, so they will all be ready on the gangway in the morning and
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it's very easy if we don't have to apply for a visa.
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Chinese films are also attracting international visitors to Shanghai.
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So I think really everybody already, not only because of movies, already just because of
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the history of China, everybody wanted to see.
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Very excited when we have more Asian or especially Chinese films in Germany.
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Shanghai is one of the major ports through which international travelers enter China.
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The arrivals flowing over into neighboring provinces.
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I was curious about the Chinese culture and I wanted to know how people live their life
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over the years and I'm really happy to be here.
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China's visa exemption policy was launched in December 2023 and extended several times
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since.
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Now, it allows passport holders from 38 countries to visit China for up to 30 days without a
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visa.
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In 2024, more than 20 million inbound foreign trips to China were made visa-free, more than
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double the previous year's number.
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Wu Bin, CGTN, Shanghai.
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