China Opens Coastline to Visa-Free Cruise Ship Tourism – Wego Travel Blog

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For anyone with China on their bucket list for 2024, this summer just got a whole lot more scintillating! As announced by the National Immigration Administration Government in China, a new policy has been adapted on Wednesday, 15 May 2024, to revive China’s cruise industry to its prior glory by allowing foreign tourists to enter the country on cruise ships without a visa along the coastline, Wego reports.

In order to avail yourself of this exciting opportunity, you have to be part of a tourist group consisting of two or more individuals hosted by domestic travel agencies in China. These groups are eligible for visa-free entry into the country for 15 days only through designated cruise ship ports in 13…