On March 10, the General Office of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism issued a notice saying that from March 15, 2023, the country's travel agencies and online tourism companies will resume the operation of group Tours and air tickets and hotels for Chinese citizens going to relevant countries.
List of 40 outbound countries: Nepal, Brunei, Vietnam, Mongolia, Iran, Jordan, Tanzania, Namibia, Mauritius, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Zambia, Senegal, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Serbia, Croatia, France, Greece, Spain, Iceland, Albania, Italy, Denmark, Portugal, Slovenia, Vanuatu, Tonga, Samoa, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Panama, Dominica, El Salvador, Dominica, Bahamas.
After the notice was released, the search volume and consultation volume of the major travel platforms exploded. Within one hour of the policy's release, the number of international ticket searches on the platform increased by 185%. On the same trip, the number of clicks on the topic page related to outbound tourism increased by 77%, and the number of tourist visa inquiries to related countries also increased rapidly, increasing by more than four times. Vietnam, Italy, Serbia, France and Spain are getting the most attention. From the data of Qunar, Greece, Spain, France, Denmark, Serbia, Tajikistan, Nepal, Mongolia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Italy, Portugal and other destinations with direct flights have become popular search, especially Vietnam with many direct flights and low ticket prices. According to Ctrip, searches in some countries increased more than 300 percent from the previous day.