Djoomart Otorbaev’s Post

My article in on the CGTN opinion page where it is shown that #China has recently made important decisions to stimulate foreign and domestic #tourism. In particular, it was announced a visa-free regime for travel to China for citizens of #Brunei, #France, #Germany, #Ireland, #Italy, #Kazakhstan, the #Netherlands, #Spain, #Malaysia, #Thailand, #Singapore and #Switzerland. New opportunities for international and domestic air #travel are rapidly being created, and the Civil Aviation Administration of China stated that it expects the number of international flights in and out of the country to reach 6,000 per week by the end of this year, or about 80 percent of pre-COVID-19 levels, compared to the current number of around 4,600 per week. A significant increase in domestic travel is also expected, for example, it is already clear that during this year's Spring Festival there would be a record number of individual air travels of more than 80 million trips. The growth is estimated at 9.8 percent compared to 2019. All these measures are timely and will create millions of additional jobs and will bring other important economic and social benefits to the country. They will contribute to #infrastructure #development, #transport and #energy, create opportunities for #culture exchange, and sharing of historical and gastronomical traditions. Those measures will also support sectors such as #agriculture, #communications, #health and #education. Reforms in these directions must be resolutely continued.