2025-04-29
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China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism has launched a tourism promotion campaign.
centering on the 15th China Tourism Day, which falls on May 19th.
Running until May 31st,
the campaign features over 6,000 beneficial measures for tourists nationwide with more than 1 billion yuan.
about US$138 million of subsidies to be provided by over 60 cooperative entities,
including Meituan and Alipay.
Li Xiaoyong, an official with the ministry,
said that the campaign will highlight inbound tourism promotion as the ministry will work with other authorities to make inbound tourism more convenient and provide more diverse tourism products.
Li added that overseas tourism agencies will be invited to China for on-site visits and business negotiations,
while promotion of Chinese tourism resources will be carried out overseas.
According to the National Immigration Administration, in the first quarter of this year,
China's border officers recorded 17.44 million border crossings made by foreign nationals representing a 33.4% year-on-year increase.
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