(Bangkok Composite Electric) Thailand Vice Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Banby and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi signed an agreement on Sunday (January 28), allowing the people of the two countries to exempt from each other from March 1.
Banbi and Wang Yi signed a visa -free agreement after meeting in the capital Bangkok to boost and promote the tourism industry that China and Thailand were affected by crown disease.According to the agreement, when the two countries with ordinary passports visit each other, they can stay for 30 days.
Banby said at a joint press conference after signing the agreement: "This agreement symbolizes our long -term friendship, trust, and confidence ... this helps stimulate the tourism industry of the two countries."
Wang Yi pointed out that visa -free measures will push the exchanges between the people of China and Thailand to a new height, and it is expected that Chinese tourists visiting Thailand will increase significantly.
Wang Yi is also a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. He is an invitation of Ban Bi Bi and visited Thailand from January 26th to 29th.
In addition to the tourism industry, Wang Yi also mentioned at the joint press conference that China will cooperate with Thailand to combat cross -border crimes and fraud centers, and promise to accelerate the construction of the China -Thailand high -speed rail.
China also reached an agreement with Singapore earlier, and the arrangement of mutual visa exemption from February 9th will be implemented from February 9.In December last year, China also tried the one -year unilateral visa -free policy of Malaysia, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Spain, and then added Switzerland and Ireland to the visa -free list.
Tourism is the main economic pillar of Thailand, accounting for nearly 20 % of the GDP.Before the outbreak of the crown disease, China was the largest source of tourists in Thailand, but after the epidemic was over and unsealed, the Thai tourism industry recovered slowly. The number of Chinese tourists was not as expected.Metal to 3.5 million last year.
