INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
China’s expanded efforts to encourage visitors continued to pay off in the first half of 2025, with the number of visa-free foreign
entries rising by more than half compared to the same period a year earlier.
Foreign nationals made 38 million trips in and out of the
country, a 30 per cent increase year on year, according to the National Immigration Administration.
“Visa facilitation measures have
effectively attracted large numbers of foreign visitors for tourism and business, driving sustained...
