Beijing visa waiver policy needs tailor-made products

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(China Daily)

The capital should come up with more tailor-made tourism products and cheaper air tickets to better complement Beijing's 72-hour-visa-waiver, experts said.

Despite more business opportunities and chances to introduce Beijing to the world through the visa exemption policy which started on Jan 1, 2013, the government should come up with cheap air tickets to attract more transit tourists, said Jiang Yiyi, director of the China Tourism Academy's international tourism development.

"Tourists prefer transit stops, either because of a cheaper air ticket or the additional value that the transit stop brings," said Jiang. "Cheap air tickets play a significant role in attracting more foreign visitors."

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