The number of travelers in China has decreased greatly compared with previous years. Chinese official media pointed out that the reservation system, the loss of English service personnel, and the popularity of mobile payments caused the inconvenience of foreigners.It is a factor restricting foreign tourists to travel to China.
The Central Party Daily Economic Daily, sponsored by the State Council of the State Council, reported on Wednesday (December 6) that since China announced its resumption of opening to China in March this year, Outbound Tour.
According to the statistics of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China, the national travel agencies only received 477,800 people's entry tourism in the first half of this year, far lower than 8.5616 million people in the first half of 2019.
The article of the Economic Daily pointed out that tickets for major scenic spots need to be approved, not only trouble, but some scenic spots can not find the options registered by foreigners.
The major scenic spots in China have been in the crown disease for three years. In order to prevent and control work, they have started online appointments.Earlier Chinese media reported that although the epidemic passed, most scenic spots still need to make an appointment.
The article also pointed out that after three years of the epidemic, there are many service personnel who have English communication capabilities such as scenic spots, hotels, restaurants and other places; in addition, mobile payment, online booking, shared bicycles, etc. There are no no bicycles, etc.Open to foreigners.For example, Chinese tourists can swipe their ID cards to the station by high -speed rail, but foreigners must line up in an artificial window.
The report quotes Zhang Hui, the dean of the Beijing Jiaotong University Modern Tourism Research Institute, said that entry tour is not only an important starting point for advancing the development of service trade, but also an important means to display the image of a large country and improve the international development environment.Get more attention at the national level.
To promote foreigners to travel to China, the Chinese government has also made efforts.In September of this year, the General Office of the State Council issued a notice of on the release of several measures to release the potential of tourism consumption to promote the high -quality development of tourism, and put forward to strengthen entry tourism.
Last month, China decided to try to expand unilateral visa -free countries and implement unilateral visa -free policies in six countries in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and Malaysia.On the first day of visa -free, the entry personnel increased by more than 12%over the day before.