Travels to SCO countries gaining popularity in China: newspaper

Source: Xinhua| 2019-06-14 13:03:36|Editor: Yamei
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BEIJING, June 14 (Xinhua) -- A growing number of Chinese tourists are spending holidays in other member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), with Russia the leading destination, China Daily reported Friday.

The SCO was established in 2001 by China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. India and Pakistan joined as full members in 2017.

Chinese people's outbound trips to other SCO countries have grown steadily in the past few years, said the newspaper, noting that visits to Russia, in particular, increased by double digits in 2017 and 2018, with over 2 million Chinese visitors for each year.

Russia's hosting of last year's World Cup drove the country's popularity thanks to a conditional visa waiver policy that made it easier for Chinese people to visit, said the report.

However, the tourism market potential of the SCO member countries has yet to be fully tapped, Yang Jingsong, a researcher at the China Tourism Academy, was quoted as saying.

"Tourism, undeniably, plays an important role in the economic development of SCO member countries, which helps boost cultural exchanges and bolsters their continuously deepening communication," Yang said.

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