{"id":777008870,"date":"2023-09-01T06:48:57","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T09:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777008870"},"modified":"2026-04-22T18:28:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T21:28:38","slug":"china-issues-18-6m-travel-visas-to-hk-macau-taiwan-in-2-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-issues-18-6m-travel-visas-to-hk-macau-taiwan-in-2-months","title":{"rendered":"China issues 18.6m travel visas to HK, Macau, Taiwan in 2 months"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Visa issuance grew 27.5 per cent between July 1 and August 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

China.-\u00a0The National Immigration Administration of China<\/strong>\u00a0has reported a 27.5 per cent increase in visa issuance for Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwa between July 1 and August 29, Immigration authorities issued 18.6m travel visas and related documents to people heading to these destinations. The number of passports issued to Chinese nationals increased by 7.1 per cent, reaching 3.42m,.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was a 19.9 per cent rise in travellers passing border inspections during the summer holiday period, with an average of nearly 1.4 million people crossing borders daily.\u00a0For the first half of the year,\u00a0China issued a total of 42.8m travel visas for visits to Macau, Hong Kong and Taiwan, an increase of 1,509 per cent over the previous year to reach 96.5 per cent of 2019 levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the same period,\u00a0Macau received over 11.64 million inbound tourists<\/a>. The MGTO has been carrying out promotional campaigns in markets further afield, attending trade shows and events in Portugal, Bangkok and Seoul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Visa issuance grew 27.5 per cent between July 1 and August 29.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":25802,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The National Immigration Administration of China has reported a substantial 27.5% increase in visa issuance for Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan between July and August, alongside a 1,509% year-on-year surge in H1 travel visas for these regions, reaching 96.5% of 2019 levels. This robust recovery in outbound Chinese tourism, particularly to Macau, signals a significant rebound in visitor traffic, with Macau receiving over 11.64 million inbound tourists in the first half of the year, directly impacting the GGR outlook for integrated resort operators.","focusai_entities":"National Immigration Administration of China, Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO)","focusai_location":"China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Portugal, Bangkok, Seoul","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Macau GGR Impact?","query":"What is the projected GGR uplift for Macau's concessionaires in H2, considering the sustained recovery in Chinese visitor arrivals and visa issuance rates?"},{"label":"Regional Tourism Competition?","query":"How might the robust recovery of Chinese outbound tourism to Macau influence competitive dynamics with other emerging Asian gaming jurisdictions?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-777008870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777008870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777008870"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777008870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777008897,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777008870\/revisions\/777008897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777008870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777008870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777008870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}