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Spiritual circuits to gain as India opens doors to Chinese tourists

With the resumption of tourist visas for Chinese citizens after five years, India's tourism sector, especially spiritual circuits, is set for a boost

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In 2018, a survey conducted by the Hotels.com Chinese International Travel Monitor revealed that Delhi and Mumbai were among the top visited Indian cities for Chinese tourists. (Representative picture: Bloomberg)

Akshara Srivastava New Delhi

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The Indian tourism sector has cheered the government's move to resume issuing visas to Chinese nationals after a hiatus of five years, while calling for “concentrated efforts” to attract tourists from the neighbouring country, who had formed 27 per cent of the total foreign tourist footfall to India in 2019.
 
“It is a good move. China is one of our major trade partners, and tourism, which fosters people to people interaction, could lead to greater cooperation and understanding. But mere liberalisation of the visa regime is not enough. There should be a concentrated effort to create and actively promote itineraries