Tourists may get 3-day visit window
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="Beijing">Beijing</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="considering">considering</span> <span word="allowing">allowing</span> <span word="foreign">foreign</span> <span word="tourists">tourists</span> <span word="a">a</span> 72-<span word="hour">hour</span> <span word="window">window</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="explore">explore</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="without">without</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="visa">visa</span>.</p><p><span word="Fu">Fu</span> <span word="Zhenghua">Zhenghua</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="director">director</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="security">security</span>, <span word="has">has</span> <span word="confirmed">confirmed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="authorities">authorities</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="mulling">mulling</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="move">move</span>, <span word="saying">saying</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="represent">represent</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="crucial">crucial</span> <span word="sign">sign</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="open">open</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>.</p><p><span word="Lin">Lin</span> <span word="Song">Song</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="security">security</span> <span word="bureau">bureau</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="exit">exit</span>-<span word="entry">entry</span> <span word="administration">administration</span> <span word="echoed">echoed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="view">view</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span>. "<span word="It">It</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="expected">expected</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="project">project</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="attract">attract</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="tourists">tourists</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="abroad">abroad</span>."</p><p><span word="Neither">Neither</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bureau">bureau</span> <span word="nor">nor</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span> <span word="Tourism">Tourism</span> <span word="Development">Development</span> <span word="Committee">Committee</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="proposed">proposed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="policy">policy</span>, <span word="would">would</span> <span word="offer">offer</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="details">details</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="visa">visa</span> <span word="window">window</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="contacted">contacted</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="Daily">Daily</span>.</p><p><span word="However">However</span>, <span word="experts">experts</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="policy">policy</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="expected">expected</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="similar">similar</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="ones">ones</span> <span word="already">already</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="run">run</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Shanghai">Shanghai</span> (48 <span word="hours">hours</span>) <span word="and">and</span> <span word="South">South</span> <span word="China">China</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Hainan">Hainan</span> <span word="province">province</span> (21 <span word="days">days</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="tour">tour</span> <span word="groups">groups</span>).</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="tourism">tourism</span> <span word="analyst">analyst</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="want">want</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="identified">identified</span>, <span word="told">told</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="Daily">Daily</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span> <span word="officials">officials</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="considered">considered</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="project">project</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="allow">allow</span> <span word="visitors">visitors</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="stay">stay</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="seven">seven</span> <span word="days">days</span> <span word="without">without</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="visa">visa</span>. <span word="However">However</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="idea">idea</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="shelved">shelved</span>.</p><p><span word="Although">Although</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="relatively">relatively</span> <span word="tight">tight</span> <span word="visa">visa</span> <span word="restrictions">restrictions</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="visa">visa</span> <span word="exemption">exemption</span> <span word="agreements">agreements</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="countries">countries</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="gradually">gradually</span> <span word="loosened">loosened</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="visa">visa</span> <span word="policy">policy</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="years">years</span>. <span word="Many">Many</span> <span word="cities">cities</span> <span word="worldwide">worldwide</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="visa">visa</span> <span word="waiver">waiver</span> <span word="projects">projects</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="attract">attract</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="tourists">tourists</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="Tokyo">Tokyo</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Kuala">Kuala</span> <span word="Lumpur">Lumpur</span>.</p><p><span word="Foreigners">Foreigners</span> <span word="traveling">traveling</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="spent">spent</span> 4.7 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="yuan">yuan</span> ($743 <span word="million">million</span>) <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="outbound">outbound</span> <span word="tourists">tourists</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2008, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>. <span word="However">However</span>, <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="tourists">tourists</span> <span word="spent">spent</span> 4 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="yuan">yuan</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="later">later</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="difference">difference</span> <span word="exceeded">exceeded</span> 24.1 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="yuan">yuan</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2011.</p>
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