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The mutual tourism flow between Russia and China reached 2.7 million visits in 2024 and grew further by 20% in Q1 2025, the Russian Economic Development Ministry has stated.
Dmitry Vakhrukov, Russia’s Deputy Economic Development Minister, said, “The total tourism flow reached 2.7 million visits last year. Chinese citizens made 1.2 million tourist trips to Russia, taking first place among tourists visiting our country.” He was speaking at the 22nd meeting of the subcommittee on cooperation in tourism as part of the Russian-Chinese Commission for Humanitarian Cooperation in China’s Qingdao.
Russian tourists made 1.5 million trips to China, ranking fifth among countries most Russian tourists visit. Vakhrukov said that “Q1 2025 also shows positive dynamics in the growth of mutual tourist trips. A total of 550,000 trips were made, 20% more than in the same period of 2024.”
Direct flights from Russia and visa-free entry mean that vacations on China’s Hainan Island are very popular among Russian tourists.
The Russian Economic Development Ministry added that they were formalizing a draft protocol to the existing agreement between the Russian and Chinese governments on visa-free group tours and that this is actively progressing. The protocol covers already approved changes to the duration and facilities offered to a tourist group’s stay in the country and new provisions taking into account Russian legislation in the regulation of tour guides and guides-interpreters.
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