CCTV News: On May 15, 2024, my country began to implement a visa-free policy for foreign tourist groups to enter the country, and it has been one year since then. This policy has brought unprecedented development opportunities to these ports.

In the past year, the cruise visa-free policy has attracted a large number of foreign tourists to enter China. Taking Shanghai as an example, as of May 13, 2025, the Pujiang Border Inspection Station of the Shanghai Border Inspection General Station has inspected more than 580 inbound and outbound cruise ships and more than 2.26 million inbound and outbound passengers.

During the May Day holiday in 2025, Shanghai Cruise Port ushered in its first "four ships to rely on each other" in 2025. The Ida Magic City, Ocean Spectre, Blue Dream Song, and Seven-Hai Navigator gathered in Pujiang. The "four ships are leaning together" combined with the holiday effect, with nearly 30,000 people entering and leaving the country in a single day, setting a record high in three years.

As the largest cruise port in the north, the Tianjin International Cruise Home Port has nearly 200 inbound and outbound cruises in the past year, an increase of 67% year-on-year. The number of inbound and outbound cruise passengers exceeded 350,000, an increase of 93% year-on-year.

On the just-passed May 1 and May 6, the grand occasions of "three rounds of dependence" and "two rounds of dependence" were successively ushered in the grand occasion. On May 1, the Dongjiang Border Inspection Station inspected and released nearly 15,000 inbound and outbound passengers, setting a record for the highest single-day since the cruise ship resumed flights, further promoting the inbound travel boom.

In addition, Shandong's cruise inbound data is also very eye-catching. In 2025, the visits of the two cruise ships "Europa 2" and "Ida Modu" further consolidated Qingdao's position as a northern cruise hub. According to statistics, in 2025, Qingdao Cruise Home Port is expected to receive more than 40 cruises, doubled from 2024.

Relying on more than 200 kilometers of long coastline and located in the Straits cruise economic circle, Xiamen, which has been gradually emerging since 2024. On April 23, 2025, the "Ida Mediterranean" and "Blue Dream Song" resided in Xiamen. On that day, Gaoqi Entry and Exit Border Inspection Station inspected a total of more than 7,000 passengers entering and leaving the cruise ship, setting a new high in a single-day passenger flow at Xiamen Cruise Port in the past five years.

Similarly, Shenzhen is also the one who has formed a phenomenon in "coming to China on a cruise ship". As of May 15, the Shenzhen Border Inspection General Station inspected 46 cruise ships and inspected 121,000 cruise inbound and outbound personnel, an increase of 287% year-on-year.