Visa-fri resor i kombination med den nya 240- timmens transitpolicy gör det möjligt för utländska kineser att besöka sina familjer "på deras fritid"-Hainan Ports upplever en tvåvägs passagerartrafikundersökning under vårfestivalen .}
During the first Spring Festival since the implementation of the 240-hour (10-day) transit visa-free policy, Hainan's three major airports (Meilan, Phoenix, and Boao) experienced a combined surge in overseas Chinese visits and inbound tourism. The Haikou General Border Inspection Station released data today: From the first to the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, the province's inbound and outbound passenger volume is expected to exceed 52,000, with an average of 50 international flights per day. The Singapore-Haikou and Kuala Lumpur-Sanya routes have occupancy rates exceeding 90%. The vast majority of passengers are overseas Chinese from Hainan and their families returning home for the Lunar nytt år .
"I used to worry about not being able to get a visa in time, but now I can land directly with my passport, then take the island-wide high-speed rail for a two-hour trip to my hometown in Wenchang for tea," Xing Yihui, a Hainanese overseas Chinese who has lived in Singapore for 28 years, told reporters. To prepare for peak passenger traffic, the Hainan Border Inspection Station has added a "Återvända utomlands kinesiska kanal", som ger kategoriserad vägledning för passagerare som håller hemavkastningstillstånd, familjebesök visum och visumfri inträde . clearance-tid för enskilda passagerare har reducerats till 30 sekunder . Meilan Airport: s Terminal 2 har också lanserat sin första "via Bagage-incheckning" -tjänsten, möjliggör en enda Ticket från International till International till hemmas terminal .) Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism has also launched a "Visit + Travel" package, offering overseas Chinese a free one-day high-speed rail pass around the island with their passport and entry stamp, as well as discounted medical examinations in the Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone. Hainan is expected to see a 60% year-on-year increase in overseas Chinese visiting relatives during the entire Spring Festival travel rush, driving overall consumption exceeding 1 . 5 miljarder yuan.