The Justice Ministry plans to ease visa regulations for Chinese tourists to Korea, whose numbers have been soaring in recent years.
The ministry’s Immigration Office unveiled Thursday a set of measures to allow double visas and alleviate the prerequisites of multiple-entry visas for Chinese nationals. The new visa system is to take effect as early as mid-July after undergoing a two-day opinion survey conducted on visa officials and travel experts.
Elementary, middle and high school teachers, retired pensioners and graduates of prestigious universities will then be granted a multiple entry visa, with …

The Japanese government on Thursday relaxed visa rules applicable to Chinese nationals to encourage more tourists to visit and help boost the nation’s flagging retail sector.
In July 2009, Japan began granting individual tourist visas to Chinese nationals who earn 250,000 yuan (36,000 U.S. dollars) a year or more, but the conditions have been eased to encourage more Chinese people to choose Japan as their vacation destination spot. “Chinese middle-class families with certain income level and employment status can also make individual trips to Japan, without joining group tours,” Takahisa Kashiwagi, …

Calls to relax Chinese visa restrictions have been voiced by the tourism industry in a bid to get easier travel for inbound and outbound tourism, reports the China Daily.

Zhang Rui, a marketing manager with of the Beijing Caissa International Travel Service Co Ltd, has responded to a report released by the World Economic Forum that ranked the Chinese mainland at 128th for its Chinese visa policy towards travellers.
Because of their strict conditions, Chinese are faced with having to secure visas in most countries when travelling abroad.  If the government were to …