Vietnamese media: The first batch of Chinese tourists arrived in Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam in three years and received flowers and red envelopes

The report also stated that Vietjet Airlines is expected to carry out about 35 flights from January 23 to March 23, 2023, to transport Chinese tourists from Anhui, Hunan, Sichuan and other places to Qingdao. and Nha Trang province, each flight carries between 180 and 220 passengers.

The Vietnam News Agency stated that in recent years, China has been one of the most important source markets of Khanh Hoa Province. Before the COVID-19 epidemic, Chinese tourists ranked first in the number of international tourists received by Khanh Hoa Province. According to statistics, the province received more than 2.5 million Chinese tourists in 2019, accounting for more than 70% of the total international tourists.

According to Xinhua News Agency, China has recently optimized and adjusted its epidemic prevention policies, citizens’ outbound travel has resumed in an orderly manner, and many countries have warmly welcomed Chinese tourists. On the 9th of this month, Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health Anutin and other officials made a special trip to the airport, displayed the slogan "China and Thailand are one family", and presented flowers and souvenirs to the first batch of passengers arriving in Thailand after China optimized its entry-exit epidemic prevention policy. Sandiaga Uno, Indonesia’s Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, said at a regular press conference on the 9th that Indonesia “has prepared the red carpet for Chinese tourists.” Philippine President Marcos recently issued an invitation, hoping that Chinese tourists would return to the Philippines and appreciate the natural scenery and cultural customs of this Southeast Asian country. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen expressed his hope to receive 2 million Chinese tourists this year. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Maldives issued a statement on its official website, welcoming China’s adjustment of entry and exit measures and eagerly looking forward to Chinese tourists traveling to Maldives as soon as possible.

Regarding the recent measures introduced by many countries to welcome Chinese tourists, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said that China will provide more convenience for tourists to travel to these countries, and will continue to optimize and adjust relevant measures and work with all parties. The Communist Party of China ensures the safe, smooth and orderly exchanges of Chinese and foreign personnel, and contributes to international solidarity in fighting the epidemic and world economic recovery.

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The United States, which has been clamoring to ban Chinese tourists from South Korea and Japan, cannot bear it anymore

After three years of fighting against the epidemic, Chinese citizens have left the country The increasing willingness to travel has naturally been warmly welcomed by countries that are in urgent need of boosting their tourism economy. The most popular among them is Thailand. The deputy prime minister of Thailand led officials to pick up Chinese tourists at the airport and then released a video in Chinese to wish " Happy Year of the Rabbit, Chinese friends” and “Thai people all love Chinese friends.” A series of measures taken by the Thai government have made Thailand the first choice destination for Chinese tourists.

The Maldives welcomed tourists with water gate salutes and drumming performances; Vietnam, in order to leave a good impression on Chinese tourists, specially introduced policies to rectify tourist traps; many countries in Southeast Asia have come up with unique strategies.

On the other hand, Japan and South Korea have become negative examples, and the United States is also jealous.

South Korea and Japan stab themselves in the back and threaten China

For certain political interests, the South Korean and Japanese governments cooperated with the US initiative to maliciously restrict Chinese tourists, issuing yellow cards to one and red ropes to the other, which is discrimination. Sexually different treatment of Chinese tourists, this kind of "eating and smashing the pot" behavior has made the Chinese people indignant and greatly reduced their willingness to travel to South Korea and Japan.

The Korean duty-free shops that are waiting for Chinese purchasing agents can never wait to see what they were like in the past no matter how hard they wait; the scenic spot industry chain that is waiting for Chinese tourists is also deserted; the South Korean economy, which is experiencing a growth slowdown, cannot wait for the hope after all. The long-awaited spring.

Seeing the gradual resumption of overseas travel by Chinese citizens, Japanese department stores, drugstores, specialty stores and other retail industries could not conceal their excitement, and even stocks set a new high price in a year. However, Unexpectedly, it was their own Japanese government that poured cold water on the industry.

In order to please the U.S. government, the South Korean and Japanese governments stabbed themselves and offended China, but they failed to please the United States because the United States also wanted Chinese tourists.

American Airlines can no longer bear it

The reason why the U.S. government sets restrictions on Chinese passengers is firstly to discredit China politically, and secondly because it is aware of Sino-US relations. The profits from tourism may not be huge, so they are clamoring for other countries to join forces to increase restrictions on Chinese tourists. Japan, South Korea, Italy, India and other countries have followed suit.

But American Airlines can no longer handle such operations.

The American A4A Airlines Association, which represents 10 major U.S. airlines and Canadian airlines, jointly wrote to the U.S. Department of Transportation that "cumbersome, uncertain and ever-changing travel requirements and entry barriers" have caused a serious downturn in passenger traffic between China and the United States. Ticket sales to and from China and the United States are still 88% below 2019 levels, hurting American airlines.

For these airlines, they are faced with either losing the right to prioritize flight slot allocation, or carrying out financial losses as usual with "ghost flights" with few passengers. No matter which option is, it is not the first choice. Especially after Boeing was defeated by Airbus and lost a large number of orders, airlines lost money again. This was a huge blow to the entire U.S. aviation industry.

Therefore, the American Airlines Association is very dissatisfied with the US government’s entry restrictions deliberately targeting specific nationalities. What is the difference between this and stabbing oneself?

What’s interesting is that in response to the restrictive measures imposed by certain countries, China has adopted a pilot program to resume outbound group travel. Naturally, those enjoying this wave of tourism dividends do not include the United States, nor Japan and South Korea.

If a person wants to win the respect of others, he must first learn to respect himself. This is true for people and so is the country. Therefore, in the face of those few countries that ignore science and facts and adopt entry restriction policies against China alone, the Chinese people have better choices to leave the country, leaving some people to suffer the consequences themselves.