In Primorye entered 129.5 thousand tourists from China

Primorye on visas and within the framework of the Intergovernmental Agreement received by the end of 2023 129.5 thousand tourists from China.

The total tourist flow from China by the end of 2023, which is 129.5 thousand guests, almost 100 times higher than the statistics of 2022, when Primorye was visited by just over 1,200 citizens of the PRC. But until 2019, when 370.7 thousand guests from China arrived in the region for business, private invitations and as ordinary tourists, we are still far away. Our efforts will not be doubled, but tripled, the Primorsky Territory Tourism Agency noted.

Tourist flow began to gradually recover from February 2023, when the pandemic restrictions that had been in force for three years were lifted. The first guests from China traveled to Primorye as part of government meetings, business, regular and electronic visas. If we talk about visa-free visits to Primorye by Chinese tourists, then its share in the total volume in 2023 accounted for about 20%. Trips to Primorye for citizens of China within the framework of the Intergovernmental Agreement between Russia and China became possible from September 2023. During this short period, 12 seaside operating companies hosted 1,296 groups or 25,800 people. Here Primorye overtook Moscow (about 9.5 thousand people) and the Amur region (8.4 thousand people). The growth of the incoming tourist flow was affected by the launch of an electronic visa, the resumption of visa-free visits as part of the groups within the framework of the Intergovernmental Agreement, direct flights between Vladivostok and the cities of China - Beijing, Harbin, Dalian. After the pandemic, travel companies stepped up their activities - on the old "baggage" high results are not achieved, because they use the capabilities of business missions, promote new tourist facilities and the KSR, conduct live broadcasts and reports on the Internet, which are seen not only by the Chinese partner, but also by the Chinese consumer", - explained the acting head of the Tourism Agency Christina Quint.

Add, to increase the tourist flow from the PRC and attract both visa tourists and as part of the groups, the Chinese tourism,> the Agency will also engage in the current air travel and tourism in the region.