Current location:Earth Explorer news portal > sport
Spanish travel industry happy to see China's return as major tourist destination
Earth Explorer news portal2024-05-21 06:28:36【sport】3People have gathered around
IntroductionSpanish travel agencies also applaud China's visa-free policy, which is seen as an incentive to revi
Spanish travel agencies also applaud China's visa-free policy, which is seen as an incentive to revive the tourism sectors in China and Europe.
BARCELONA, Spain, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Professionals in Spain's travel industry are delighted about China's ongoing return to be a major tourist destination for Spanish tourists.
At the B-Travel tourism fair, which opened on Friday and closed on Sunday in Spain's Barcelona, exhibitors showcased diverse tourism products and packages to promote traveling in China.
"Our tour operators and travel agents are developing products and packages ... China has always been an important destination for Spanish tourists," Marti Sarrate, president of B-Travel and Spain's Corporate Association of Specialized Travel Agencies, told Xinhua at the fair.
After the pandemic, "we're very happy that it (China) has reactivated because it represents a significant level of quality tourism and more Spaniards are now visiting China," he added.
Spanish travel agencies also applaud China's visa-free policy, which is seen as an incentive to revive the tourism sectors in China and Europe. China applied a visa-free policy for ordinary passport holders from five European countries in December, including Spain. Later in January and starting from March 14, China added eight more European countries in total to its visa-free policy list on a trial basis.
Aspasia Travel, which organizes a 15-day guided tour in China that includes visits to Chinese cities like Beijing, Xi'an, Kunming and Shanghai, said China's decision to exempt Spaniards with ordinary passports from requiring a visa helps them to sell their package holiday to the country.
"Right now we are making an effort to put China back on people's radar and we have to incentivize them to go there, and something that helps with incentive is the situation with visa-free travel," Aspasia Travel Director Adonis Rahmouni told Xinhua.
According to Spain's tourism agency Turespana, over 60 percent of direct flights linking China and Spain before the pandemic have been restored. From March 31, Air China will have daily flights between Barcelona and Beijing while Cathay Pacific plans to restore direct flights to Hong Kong from Barcelona in June.
According to data from the Spanish Statistical Office, over 380,000 people visited Spain from China last year. However, the figure is well below the level before the pandemic, when more than 700,000 Chinese tourists visited Spain in 2019.
"Chinese tourism is important for our region and is now in the process of returning to Spain, including Andalusia, Malaga and Costa del Sol," said Jorge Martin, the president of the Axarquia-Costa del Sol town coalition, which is located in the southern region of Andalusia, one of Spain's most popular tourist destinations.
(Editor:Wang Su)
Address of this article:http://suriname.videocameralive.com/article-33f099939.html
Very good!(7)
Related articles
- Mystery artist who erected signs comparing pothole
- Chinese Woman Astronaut Sets New Record
- Retired Woman Committed to Protecting 'Mother River'
- Rising Stars Shine in Silver Medal Success
- A warrant for Netanyahu’s arrest was requested. But no decision was made about whether to issue it
- Chinese Woman Astronaut Sets New Record
- Biden administration agrees to provide $6.4 billion to Samsung for making computer chips in Texas
- China's Chen, Quan Finish 1
- Six killed in a 'foiled coup' in Congo, the army says
- China's Teenager Zheng Dominates Local Favorite to Reach Last 16 at French Open
Popular articles
Recommended
Yvette Fielding says her Most Haunted co
Retired Woman Committed to Protecting 'Mother River'
Blind Graduate Shares Her Vision of Music
The Latest
Dodgers acquire pitcher Yohan Ramírez from Mets for cash
Schoolgirls Kicking Outdated Attitudes into Touch
Chinese Woman Astronaut Sets New Record
Gangsters Paradise: Why do so many British mobsters flee to Dubai?
Links
- Alaska budget negotiators announce tentative deal as legislative session nears deadline
- Internet famous emotional support alligator, Wally, goes missing
- 'No tourists, no hipsters': Anti
- FBI, Homeland Security warn of possible threats to LGBTQ events, including Pride Month activities
- Will the Co
- Champions League final between Real Madrid and Dortmund to be refereed by Slavko Vinčić of Slovenia
- Connecticut GOP faces potential Aug. 13 primary to choose final candidate to challenge Sen. Murphy
- Champions League final between Real Madrid and Dortmund to be refereed by Slavko Vinčić of Slovenia
- Tesla's new mega factory project in Shanghai granted construction permit
- Will the Co