Japan's National Immigration Administration announced on the 10th that it will implement the visa-free policy of travel to Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province of ASEAN countries' tourist groups starting today.
According to the announcement, tourist groups (two or more people) from 10 ASEAN countries including Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Singapore, Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia and other countries will be received through Japanese travel agencies with regular passports, and visa-free groups at the Nassau International Airport, Mohan Railway Port, and Mohan Road Port will enter the country. They can leave the country.
The activity scope is in the administrative area of Xishuangbanna Prefecture, Yunnan Province, and the stay period is not more than 6 days.
On October 2, 2024, tourists experienced the water-pouring festival in Nisshuangbana.
Li Jiaxing, Xiexi Shuangbanna Prefecture is located at the southernmost tip of Yunnan Province, bordering Laos and Myanmar, inhabited by many ethnic groups such as Thai, Han and Hani, rich in biodiversity and rich in tourism resources, and is a world-famous tourist destination.
According to data from the Xishuang Banna Prefecture Culture and Tourism Bureau, the province received 319,500 overseas tourists in 2024, an increase of 264.67 percent over the same period last year, with Laos, Thailand and Myanmar ranking in the top three in the number of tourists.
The reporter interviewed several travel companies in Xishuangbanna, all of which are adjusting and innovating tourism products and preparing to welcome tourists from ASEAN countries.
Zhou Wenling, head of Yunnan Jinglan International Travel Service Co., Ltd., said, "After the opening of the China-Lao Railway, foreign tourists have become more smooth to enter Japan via Laos.
With the implementation of this policy, tourists from Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia and other countries have been further attracted to Xishuangbanna, and the confidence in cross-border travel within the industry has been doubled.
Based on the existing entry routes, we hope to plan a more suitable way of playing for tourists from ASEAN countries, and in the future, we will increase the number of routes between Xishuangbanna and more countries, so that the passage becomes more smooth. "
"At the same time, to release a signal of benefit, Japan still actively expand the coastal opening of the inland, Xishuangbanna as an important area of the coastal pre-tested, promote visa-free tourism to the next step of the country, innovate the mechanism of the tourism system, promote the leap-forward development of the tourism industry, has important exemplary significance " (Fin)
Release date: 2025-06-05 07:23:51
