ITB China 2020 Inbound Travel

According to the China‘s Ministry of Culture and Tourism, inbound tourism remained steady in 2018 when a total of 141 million inbound visitors were recorded, up 1.2 percent year-on-year. Inbound tourists brought a total of $127.1 billion in revenue to the tourism sector, registering a 3 percent increase compared with 2017.

• Increased 167 new international air routes to and from China in 2018
• Seats of international flight steadily increase by 5% per year
• 18 cities have introduced 144-hour transit visa-free policy towards 53 countries
• Hainan province have introduced Visa Free policy towards 59 countries, and improve the offshore duty-free policy
• During the NPC & CPPCC 2019, inbound travel development has been included in the policy proposals first ever to show its importance as China’s national strategy