Visa-free tours to China through checkpoints in Primorye will resume no earlier than January 24

Visa-free tourist trips between Russia and China are not yet possible, their resumption is possible no earlier than January 23–24. about this in his Telegram– the channel said the head of the tourism agency of the Primorsky Territory Arseniy Krepsky. Earlier today, January 10, in Primorsky Krai was renewed passenger traffic at checkpoints on the border with China – four buses with Chinese citizens who came to the Russian Federation on business issues crossed the Russian-Chinese border for the first time since 2020.

“The implementation of the Agreement between the government of the Russian Federation and the government of the PRC on visa-free group tourist trips dated February 29, 2000 has been suspended since January 2021. At present, the lists of groups for visa-free tourist trips are not certified,” Mr. Krepsky recalled.

According to the official, the Russian and Chinese sides are currently working “for the speedy restoration of tourist visa-free exchanges.” “The estimated time for completion of all necessary activities is January 23-24,” he said. He clarified that any proposals of travel companies to organize tours before the specified deadline “are carried out in compliance with all visa formalities and do not imply a visa-free group format.”

Earlier, it was reported about the opening of passenger traffic from January 8 through the automobile checkpoints Pogranichny (Primorsky Territory) – Suifenhe and Kraskino (Primorsky Territory) – Hunchun.

Tourist companies of Primorye already started offer tours to the border Chinese city of Hunchun.

However, the departure of a group of tourists from Primorsky Krai to the Chinese city of Hunchun, scheduled for January 13, had to be canceled due to the inability to certify the list of people entering China, a representative of the Sunmar travel agency who organized the trip told RIA Novosti.

Alexey Chernyshev, Vladivostok