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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Beijing, October 31 (Xinhua) — Currently, the checkpoint located at Xi'an Airport, the capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, serves 53 international passenger air routes, covering 49 major cities in 24 countries, including seven cities in five Central Asian countries. This makes Xi'an Airport one of the country's hubs, with the largest number of destinations in Central Asia.
According to the China Daily, based on current data from the Shaanxi Border Control Agency, Xi'an is becoming the entry point for most foreigners traveling to China. As of October 29 of this year, the number of border crossings through Xi'an in both directions exceeded 1.7 million, a 53 percent increase year-on-year.
Visa-free travel has become a key driver of growth in the number of foreign tourists to China. This year, the number of foreigners arriving in China through the Xi'an port of entry exceeded 200,000, of whom 150,000 entered the country visa-free, accounting for 75 percent of the total. This equates to seven out of every ten foreigners entering Xi'an using the visa-free travel system.
According to a representative of the Shaanxi Border Control Service, citizens of countries such as the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, and Russia topped the list of arrivals in China through the Xi'an airport checkpoint. And as the implementation of the China-Central Asia Summit continues, the number of tourists from Central Asia also continues to grow significantly compared to previous years. -0-
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