China Travel continues to heat up, foreign language tour guides are in short supply in China

In Shenyang, Sui Yuwei, who has been a foreign language tour guide for 17 years, has never been so busy as he is now: "Suddenly I feel a bit overwhelmed

With China continuously relaxing its visa free entry policy, there have been many excited and curious foreign tourists from various regions. In the booming "China Travel" trend, foreign language tour guides have become a link for cultural exchange between China and foreign countries.

Sui Yuwei said, "I usually receive foreign tourists who come here because of my reputation, as well as those who have been working in China for a long time. Some foreign teams come to visit foreign-funded enterprises in Shenyang." Since last year, he has clearly felt that more and more people are looking for foreign language tour guides, and the number of business consultations in January this year has increased by more than 30% compared to the same period last year.

Since November 2023, China's transit visa free policy has been continuously adjusted and optimized. Under the latest implementation of the 240 hour visa free transit policy and the continuous expansion of the "visa free friend circle" since 2024, China's inbound tourism continues to grow rapidly. In 2024, the number of visa free entry foreigners in China will exceed 20.1 million, and the number of transit visa free policies will increase by 113.5% year on year.

Sun Guizhen, President of the Tour Guide Professional Committee of the China Travel Service Association, introduced that there are currently about 660000 licensed tour guides in China, with Chinese tour guides accounting for about 91.6% and foreign language tour guides accounting for about 8.4%. The inbound tourism market continues to heat up, making the shortage of tour guides in multiple languages increasingly apparent.

The "visa free circle of friends" in China is still expanding. The announcement released by the National Immigration Administration shows that tourist groups from ASEAN countries can enter Xishuangbanna, Yunnan province visa free from February 10th. On February 12th, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated at a regular press conference that China will continue to optimize its entry policies and expand the scope of visa free countries.

Resource: 东北新闻网