The announcement led to a surge in inquiries made to travel agencies, which quickly added new travel options to these countries.
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism stated in a notice that starting on Thursday, travel agencies and online travel companies can resume group travel services to the 78 destinations.
China resumed outbound group tours to 60 countries in February and March.
Since the trial resumption of outbound group travel for Chinese citizens, the overall outbound tourism market has remained stable and well–organized, playing a positive role in tourism exchanges and cooperation, the notice claimed.
In 2019, before the pandemic hit, China had the largest outbound tourism market in the world, with 169 million trips made that year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.
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