Travel agencies have been closed for about three years and have reopened their operations (outbound group travel and "flight + hotel"). This should be good news, good for the economy and more good for individuals than harmful.
On January 20, Wang Wenbin said that in accordance with the principle of safety and order, the pilot project began to resume outbound tourism for Chinese citizens. The competent department will guide tourism enterprises to carefully organize and implement.
"We also remind tourists to do a good job of self-health management and monitoring before traveling, strictly abide by the mainland and local epidemic prevention requirements, and ensure healthy travel, happy travel and safe home."
It shows that the country also allows and encourages everyone to travel, many people are estimated to have not appeared in the past three years, and even domestic tourism has not been arranged, if you have time after the Spring Festival, you can take your family to travel.
Official website of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China: https://www.mct.gov.cn/whbphone/ issued the latest notice today:
Notice of the General Office of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism on the Pilot Resumption of Travel Agency Operations for Group Travel of Chinese Citizens to Relevant Countries
The timeline is February 6, 2023, and the pilot will resume the operation of group travel and "air ticket + hotel" business for Chinese citizens to relevant countries on a pilot basis.
From January 20, 2023, travel agencies and online travel companies can carry out preparations such as product launches, promotions and promotions.
The list of countries includes Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Laos, UAE, Egypt, etc.
There are also some requirements in the notice:
1. All localities should fully understand the importance of resuming the operation of group tourism business of Chinese citizens going abroad by travel agencies to relevant countries on this pilot basis to promote the recovery and development of tourism.
2. Do a good job in epidemic prevention and control.
3. Standardize business activities. All localities should guide travel agencies to strictly implement various systems and norms for group tourism management: (4) Strengthen supervision and law enforcement.
4. All localities should strictly require travel agencies to earnestly implement the "one group, one report" system, and promptly fill in the outbound tourism group information on the national tourism supervision service platform.
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For example, if you search for a visa on the homepage of the Ctrip app, you can select the relevant country or the information station
In addition, netizens summarized the need to pay attention to going abroad for reference:
1. You need to prepare a passport and visa for the first time abroad. To apply for a passport, you must bring your photo, ID card and household registration book to the exit and entry office of the Public Security Bureau where your household registration is located.
2. The applicant must apply in person. Applicants under the age of 16 or over 70 years old may entrust an agent, who must submit their identity card.
3. For the application of children's passports, parents need to bring their household registration book and birth certificate. Ordinary passport is 200 yuan per book.
4. The visa is to go to the embassy of the country to apply for the visa. Visa requirements vary from country to country and fees vary. Some countries can entrust travel agencies to handle it.