Translation. Region: Russian Federal
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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, June 4 (Xinhua) — According to the latest statistics, the number of Russian citizens who visited Beijing in April 2025 was 50,160 people, more than four times higher than the pre-pandemic figure for the same month in 2019 (11,287 people). Russia is the leader among all European countries in terms of the growth rate of this indicator.
According to data from the Beijing Municipal Administration of Culture and Tourism, the Chinese capital received 454,920 foreign tourists in April, up 23.5 percent from the same month in 2019.
A similar situation occurred in another megacity, Shanghai, which, together with Beijing, is considered a barometer for assessing China’s inbound tourism. There, 670.9 thousand inbound tourist trips were recorded in April, which is 40.5 percent more than in the same month in 2024, and in 2019 the figure was 640.8 thousand.
As a reminder, thanks to China’s continued expansion of visa-free access and other measures to ease inbound travel for foreigners, the country saw 64.88 million border crossings by foreign nationals in 2024, an increase of 82.9 percent from the previous year, with over 20 million inbound trips made under the visa-free regime. -0-