When did people from 59 countries start visa-free entry into Hainan?

It is reported that the National Immigration Bureau introduced at the press conference held by the Ministry of Public Security on June 5438+08 that visa-free policies for inbound tourists from 59 countries will be implemented in Hainan Province from May 1 this year to further support Hainan's comprehensive deepening of reform and opening up.

Since 2000, Hainan has implemented a 15-day visa-free policy for inbound tourists from 2 1 countries. In 20 10, the number of countries applying the visa-free policy has increased to 26. The visa-free policy implemented this time has further relaxed the application countries of the visa-free policy to 59 countries, and the stay time and visa-free conditions have changed. The deputy director of the National Immigration Bureau used the phrase "expand, extend and relax"

Qu said that the first is to expand the scope of visa-free countries; The second is to extend the visa-free stay time, and the stay time after visa-free entry will be extended from 15 days or 2 1 day to 30 days, which will promote the more active development of the inbound tourism market; The third is to relax the number of visa-free people. On the premise of retaining the invitation reception mode of travel agencies, the visa exemption for teams will be relaxed to individual visa exemption.

Jiang Wei, director of the Political Department of Hainan Provincial Public Security Department, said that if foreigners from these 59 countries want to enter Hainan visa-free, they can provide identity information and itinerary to Hainan Travel Agency through foreign travel agencies, and Hainan Travel Agency will report to Hainan public security organs and border inspection authorities.

According to the regulations, foreigners shall not exceed the permitted stay area or stay time limit during the visa-free entry in Hainan.

In this new policy, the number of countries that can enter Hainan visa-free and the time that tourists can stay have nearly doubled. People in the industry generally believe that this new policy has expanded Hainan's tourism market and realized the diversification of tourists. For travel agencies, it will also be more convenient to accept customers.

This policy will definitely stimulate the development of tourism in Hainan!