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People visit the Taj Mahal in Agra, India, Sept. 23, 2020. India's iconic monument of love - Taj Mahal, which was closed on March 17 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, was reopened Monday to tourists, officials said. (Str/Xinhua)
India announced on Wednesday that it will open tourist visa applications to Chinese citizens from July 24, 2025. It was the first time in five years since the South Asian country suspended Chinese citizens' tourist visa applications in February 2020.
The Embassy of India in China announced via its Sina Weibo account on Wednesday that, starting from July 24, 2025, Chinese citizens can apply for a tourist visa to visit India after completing an online application, scheduling an appointment, and personally submitting their passport and other required documents to three Indian visa application centers in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou in South China's Guangdong Province.
Responding to the related inquiry, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Wednesday that "we take note of this positive move. Easing cross-border travel is widely beneficial. China will maintain communication and consultation with India to further facilitate travel between the two countries.''
Chinese experts said the latest move taken by the India marks a phased milestone in the easing of relations between the two countries, and creates favorable conditions for further strengthening bilateral people-to-people exchanges.
On February 2, 2020, India temporarily suspended its e-visa facility for Chinese travelers and foreigners residing in China amid coronavirus outbreak, according to the Times of India.
Before the pause, both tourist and business visa applications to India by Chinese nationals recorded positive year-on-year growth in 2019, according to data sent from Chinese online travel platform Trip.com. Indian media estimated that in 2019, the country issued about 200,000 visas to Chinese nationals, while the number was just 2,000 in 2024, said another report by the Times of India.
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