Since visa-free travel was allowed between China and France, 104,000 trips have been made between the two countries.
These numbers are expected to rise as 2024 has been dubbed the year of China-France travel
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These numbers are expected to rise as 2024 has been dubbed the year of China-France travel
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00:00France is the most visited country in the world, so it knows a thing or two about tourism.
00:06But something countries across the globe experienced together was the impact on tourism of coronavirus containment measures.
00:14It's true that after the period of COVID-19, the world had a tendency to turn in on itself.
00:24I think that tourism in many countries suffered a serious blow.
00:29China has been boosting its tourism sector again.
00:33It has introduced simplified entry status for some countries in a bid to return to its successful pre-pandemic tourism levels.
00:41Some 97 million foreign nationals visited China in 2019, but that number plunged to just 4 million in 2022.
00:51I think the idea of introducing a two-week visa-free period is both a simple and efficient way
00:57to show again the attractiveness of the country both for business travel and also the tourism industry.
01:04The policy move is linked to 2024 being the year of Franco-Chinese tourism
01:10and shows the two countries have cultural ties that are just as important as the serious geopolitical points of view discussed at presidential level.
01:19France is also hoping for an increase in tourism as it prepares to host the first Olympics since Pyeongchang 2018
01:28not to be impacted by coronavirus restrictions.
01:32Ross Cullen, CGTN, Paris.