A few days ago, Japan announced that, since July 1, this year, it will comprehensively expand the scope of individual tourist visa applications from Chinese citizens to Japan, including the scope of accepting regions, sending agents and applicants, especially the substantial relaxation of income threshold. Under the stimulation of the new deal, travel agencies in Beijing have vigorously launched free travel routes. Industry insiders say that with the middle class and young tourists joining, the market share of free travel will double. Self help shopping and leisure vacation in Japan will become a new choice for domestic tourists to travel overseas.
Interpretation of the New Deal: annual income threshold reduced to 60000 yuan
In the past 10 years, the number of visitors from China has steadily increased. After breaking through the million mark in 2008, the number of foreigners visiting Japan dropped by 19% in 2009, while the number of foreigners visiting Japan dropped by 19%, the Chinese market still maintained a growth rate of nearly 1%, making it the only growth area of Japanese foreign tourists under the global economic storm. As more and more Chinese mainland tourists visit Japan, the group tour of unified action can no longer meet the increasingly diversified and personalized needs, and the demand for opening personal tourism is increasing.
Baimu director said that the expansion policy of individual tourist visa to be implemented on July 1 this year is mainly reflected in the following three aspects: first, the scope of accepting regions has been expanded. After July this year, all Japanese consulates general accepted individual travel visa applications, followed by the expansion of the scope of visa sending agents. From 48 travel agencies limited in Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangzhou and Shenzhen to 290 travel agencies in China, the scope of applicants has been expanded. After the implementation of the new policy, people with certain credit ability can apply for personal travel visa for themselves and their three-generation relatives, or for their second-generation relatives who travel alone. A certain credit ability here refers to the ability to have a stable job and hold an international credit card or equivalent. It is understood that the gold card application conditions of several famous international credit card companies are that the monthly income is about 5000 yuan, that is to say, the annual income is 60000 yuan.