Authorities in China have issued over 60,000 visas to nationals from India in the first five months of this year.
Such an announcement has been made through the recent figures of the Chinese Embassy in India, VisaGuide.World reports.
“In the first 5 months of this year, the Chinese Embassy and Consulates General have issued over 60000 visas to Indian people traveling to China for purposes of business, study, tourism, work, family reunion, etc. Welcome to China,” Chinese Embassy in India spokesperson Wang Xiaojian, pointed out.
In March, authorities in China announced that they would permit international tourists into the country, taking also into account those from India for the first time in three years. Through a statement issued previously by the Chinese Embassy as well as the Consulates General in India, it was stressed that it would resume issuing several types of Chinese visas.
“The Chinese Embassy and Consulates General in India will resume issuing various types of Chinese visas. For more details, please check the updated Notice on the Requirements for Chinese Visa Application,” it pointed out.
The decision came after the epidemiological situation in the country ameliorated significantly.
With the easing of COVID-related restrictions, China is experiencing an increase in the number of international visitors.
However, Agoda travel agency told CNBC that India’s outbound market is increasing even faster.
“The entire thing is booming. India outbound travel is growing much faster than any other,” the CEO of Agoda, Omri Morgenstern, told CNBC.
The data provided by the company revealed that while outbound travel searches from the majority of Asia-Pacific states surged between 30 percent and 60 percent in 2019, searches from visitors from India increased by a total of 225 percent.
Valuations consultant at travel analytics firm Cirium, Lalitya Dhavala, said that the travel industry in India recovered significantly on the back of economic growth in the country.
However, journalists from both territories are subject to significant difficulties when planning to travel to each-other territory.
Authorities in India grant one or two-year visas to journalists from other territories. But, in 2017, India decided to shorten the visa validity period for Chinese journalists in India to three months or, in some cases even less than a month, thus bringing new difficulties for journalists.
Last month, authorities in China said that they took appropriate action regarding India’s unfair and discriminatory treatment of journalists from China.
In order to enter China, journalists from other countries are required to hold a J-1 visa.
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