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Visa window gives tourists a welcome view

By XU JINGXI in Guangzhou | China Daily | Updated: 2013-08-10 02:05

Guangzhilu's marketing director Wen Qian told China Daily that the agency expects to receive more than 1,000 tourists on a 72-hour visa-free transit coming to Guangdong by the end of this year.

"There are about 2,000 transit passengers in Guangzhou every day, counting only the statistics of China Southern Airlines. I think the annual total of transit passengers will be more than 1 million," she said.

Wide appeal

The visa-free transit also appeals to business travelers.

Fang Fang, director of Guangzhilu's inbound tourism department, said that more business travelers have consulted the agency about the policy than tourists.

"The 72-hour visa-free transit policy will directly benefit foreign businessmen coming to Guangzhou. For example, overseas buyers participating in the Canton Fair don't need to apply for a visa," said Fang.

The majority using the new policy will be business travelers, if Beijing and Shanghai are anything to go by, according to Yang from the Guangzhou Tourism Bureau.

"Apart from tourist attractions, we will promote trips to exhibitions and fairs for business travelers," said Yang.

Whether they are tourists or business travelers, Guangzhou's visa-free transit policy will certainly attract more transit passengers, according to Zhang Yumin, general manager of Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport.

"The number of transit passengers at our airport every year will pass 1 million in 2013 and climb up to 1.5 million in 2015," Zhang estimated.

"It's important for an airport to develop into an international aviation hub so that foreigners have easy access to the city," Zhang said.

"The opening of Guangzhou's visa-free transit is a landmark for the Baiyun airport on its way to becomimg a world-class hub."

The airport is becoming an important junction connecting Europe, Australia, Southeast Asia and Africa.

To facilitate visa-free transit for travel to other cities in the province, the airport has launched 17 long-distance coach routes. And it has also offered car rental services.

However, the visa policies still need improvements and more overseas promotion.

Marco Rimondi, a 49-year-old Italian businessman who frequently flies to China on business trips, hopes that the authorities will extend the length of visa-free stay.

"Taking into consideration the jet leg, 72 hours doesn't seem to be a long period for me to tour a city," said Rimondi.

Zhao Guihong, professor from the School of Economics and Management at Civil Aviation University of China, advised local governments to connect the airports in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, allowing visa-free transit passengers in Beijing to leave through the airport in Shanghai or Guangzhou within the 72 hours.

Zhuang Na contributed to this story.

 

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