From September 1 this year, 27 European countries will be approved as travel destinations for Chinese group tourists.

The 27 countries include Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech, Denmark, Esthonia, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Ireland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Romania. At present, there are 28 countries and regions that have been approved as travel destinations for Chinese citizens, of which five are from Europe.

In addition, the memorandum of understanding regarding the eight African countries that was previously approved for Chinese citizens' tourist destinations will soon be implemented.