In the past year, the Chinese government has been promoting visa-free policies to boost inbound travel. During this summer, news about the big boom of China’s inbound tourists is all over the Chinese media. Foreign vloggers posted tons of travelling in China videos and some of them went viral on Chinese social media.

In this episode, our host Gao Rui, senior marketing manager at the European Chamber, is joined by Remi Paul, chair of Aviation and Aerospace Working Group and Austin Bliss, policy and communications coordinator at the European Chamber. They look at two aspects of inbound travel, the resumption of international flights and China’s visa-free policies.

What to listen for:

01:14 Current situation of air traffic recovery to and from China

03:57 Differences between the recovery of foreign and domestic carriers

09:57 Estimation for the full resumption of international flights

11:32 Influence of visa-free policies on inbound air traffic

14:35 To what extent did visa-free policies boost inbound travel

17:08 Introduction of different visa-free schemes related to business travel

24:34 Common mistakes of using visa-free schemes leading to denials of entry

32:18 Recommendations for improving current visa-free policies

34:39 Other possible policy improvements to boost inbound travel

Contact:

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