(CRI) Nearly 39 thousand foreign travelers have been allowed to enter Shanghai visa-free for 144 hours, after the city began its new visa-free program.
Among those who enjoyed the new free-entry policy, over 36 thousand passengers entered Shanghai though Shanghai Pudong airport, up more than 80 percent compared with the number of passengers who enjoyed the 72-hour visa-free policy previously.
According to the information released from Shanghai Customs, thanks to the policy, nearly 3,000 foreign tourists entered Shanghai without a visa every month.
On Jan.30, 2016, Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang started to offer 144-hour visa-free entry for i nternational transit passengers, in a renewed effort to boost business and tourism.
The policy covers travelers from 51 countries and regions, including the United States, Russia, Britain, Australia, France and Japan.
They can enjoy a 144-hour stay in the Yangtze River Delta upon entry via Shanghai's air, sea and railway ports, Jiangsu Province's Nanjing Lukou International Airport and Zhejiang Province's Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, providing they have third country visas and tickets to leave for a third country or region within 144 hours.
Shanghai, Zhejiang's capital Hangzhou and Jiangsu's capital Nanjing had allowed 72-hour visa-free entry for international transit passengers since 2013.
Besides Shanghai, many Chinese cities including first-tier cites like Beijing, Guangzhou and provincial capitals like Xi'an, Chengdu, and Kunming all have allowed 72-hour visa-free entry for international transit passengers.
So urce: CRI
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