China will contribute to global economic recovery as it resumes outbound group travel: Foreign Ministry

<p>After a three-year hiatus, China has resumed outbound group tours. This will revitalize the global tourism market and contribute to the post-COVID world economic recovery, China said on Tuesday.</p><p>Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Mao Ning made the remarks at a routine press briefing in Beijing.</p><p>We have noted that the first outbound Chinese tourist groups have arrived in Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia, Singapore, the UAE, Egypt and other pilot countries yesterday and were warmly greeted, Mao said.</p><p>“At the recent ASEAN Tourism Forum 2023, ASEAN countries shared their hope that the arrival of Chinese tourists will help spark a strong revival of ASEAN’s tourism,” she said.</p><p>As cross-border travels gradually resume on an orderly basis, China will strengthen people-to-people exchange and economic contact with other countries and inject more confidence and strength into the world economic recovery, Mao added.</p><p><span style="color: rgb(127, 127, 127);">(Compiled by Liu Hanyi; Video edited by Ye Dangqiang)</span></p><p><br/></p>