Lion dance is performed during the Chinese New Year celebration at Trafalgar Square in London, Britain, Jan 22, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA) BEIJING – "We cannot wait to have the Chinese back in our restaurants. We missed it so much," said Alix Pickard, a senior manager of a British restaurant corporation. China relaxed its outbound […]
Chinese passengers are welcomed by Thai officials at the Suvarnabhumi Airport in Samut Prakan, Thailand, Jan 9, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA) HANGZHOU – On the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year, a Chinese tourist surnamed Wu landed in Bangkok, Thailand, together with her parents, at the start of a long-awaited vacation. "I wanted […]
In this photo taken on Dec 7, 2022 a tourist wades into the sea from a beach at sunset in Railay, Krabi. (JACK TAYLOR / AFP) PHUKET, Thailand – Hitting the white sand beaches and eating mango sticky rice and seafood, Chinese tourists are returning to Thailand for their first trips abroad since China ended […]
Dragon dancers perform on the first day of the Chinese New Year in Denpasar on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on Jan 22, 2023. (SONNY TUMBELAKA / AFP) JAKARTA – Indonesia's famed resort island of Bali on Sunday welcomed back the first batch of Chinese tourists by charter flight after the Chinese government optimize its […]
Chinese Ambassador to Egypt Liao Liqiang (4th right, 2nd row) and Egyptian Vice-Tourism and Antiquities Minister Ghada Shalaby (3rd right, 2nd row) and others pose for a group photo with members of a Chinese tourist group at the Cairo International Airport in Cairo, Egypt, on Jan 20, 2023. (SUI XIANKAI / XINHUA) CAIRO – Ahead […]
Tourists sit in an outdoor cafe-restaurant at the popular tourists Plaka area of Athens, before the sunset on Dec 8, 2022. (LOUISA GOULIAMAKI / AFP) ATHENS – Greece is ready to welcome back Chinese travelers, after China's COVID-19 reopening, Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias told Xinhua in a recent interview. "We are ready to greet […]
Thai officials welcome Chinese passengers at the Suvarnabhumi Airport in Samut Prakan, Thailand, Jan 9, 2022. (RACHEN SAGEAMSAK / XINHUA) BEIJING – Indonesian Ambassador Djauhari Oratmangun said on Friday that his country welcomes Chinese people to visit after Beijing optimized its COVID-19 response policy. He said that Chinese people who wish to enter Indonesia for […]
A Thai official gives garlands to Chinese tourists as they arrive on Monday in Bangkok, Thailand. (SAKCHAI LALIT / AP) As Thailand welcomed the first group of Chinese tourists on Monday after updating its arrival policy over the weekend, local authorities fully opened their arms to inbound travelers by removing the requirement of vaccination before […]
Travelers arrive at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok on Jan 6, 2023. (JACK TAYLOR / AFP) Thailand on Jan 6 announced a package of new COVID-related measures. The package welcomes Chinese tourists and treats them like all other international travelers, who are required to show proof of at least two doses of COVID-19 vaccination. Apart from […]
Tourists take pictures of the Hagia Sophia Mosque while standing next to a police fence in Istanbul, on Jun 14, 2022. ANKARA — "We expect the return of the Chinese visitors to be in a gradual manner, especially with a dynamic after the first half of this year, thus we can reach pre-pandemic levels," said […]
This photo taken on Feb 6, 2020 shows a waitress cleaning an area at a nearly empty restaurant at Ao Nang beach in Krabi province, Thailand. (NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP) BANGKOK — There's a dearth of foreign visitors at Jim Thompson Farm, the reopening get-away tourist spot three hours drive away from Bangkok, despite the […]
Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen gives an address during the second Southeast Asian Nations Global Dialogue in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Nov 13, 2022. (ANUPAM NATH / AP) KRATIE, Cambodia – Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said here on Monday that the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has provided a lot of […]
This photo taken on Feb 6, 2020 shows a waitress cleaning an area at a nearly empty restaurant at Ao Nang beach in Krabi province, Thailand. (NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP) BANGKOK – As one of the many tourism-reliant countries, Thailand is looking forward to the return of Chinese tourists following China's recent announcement of easing […]
Travelers walk with their luggage at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, China, Dec 27, 2022. (TINGSHU WANG / REUTERS) BANGKOK/SINGAPORE/SYDNEY – Asian countries are bracing for an influx of Chinese tourists as COVID restrictions are dismantled and, while some are wary, operators in others are preparing packages such as hotpot buffets to cash in […]
Stranded tourists check in at Sanya Phoenix International Airport in Sanya, South China's Hainan province, Aug 9, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) Nanjing, Jiangsu province, helped to charter a flight on Thursday to bring home the first group of its residents who have been stranded by the COVID-19 outbreak in distant Hainan province. The 228 tourists, […]
