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Russia announced a visa-free entry policy for
Chinese tourists
from December 2025 to September 14 2026. Visa-free rules for Chinese tourists have made demand for travel to Russia immediately soar.
Previously, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree allowing Chinese citizens to travel to Russia without a visa.
This easy visa-free access includes tourism and business purposes with a visa-free stay of 30 days.
In just one hour, searches for plane tickets to Russia increased eightfold compared to yesterday on Fliggy (a Chinese travel platform).On the same day, ticket orders increased almost fivefold, as reported
Global Times
.
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Thirty minutes after the visa-free announcement was released, Tongcheng Travel (another China-based platform) also told that searches for Russia had more than doubled.
A number of Russian destinations, such as Moscow, Murmansk, Saint Petersburg, Vladivostok and Irkutsk are the most popular with Chinese travelers.
Based on data from Qunar, searches for the Hangzhou-Saint Petersburg route jumped 3.6-fold, while searches for flights departing from Beijing rose 47 percent.
Meanwhile, searches for the Beijing-Moscow route rose 44 percent, with requests for flights departing from Shenzhen and Chongqing up more than 30 percent.
Chinese travel experts see that after this visa exemption, arrivals to Russia will experience a marked increase.This includes booking airline tickets, hotels and local travel services in Russia.
They noted that this policy will expand travel patterns and improve the quality of China-Russia tourism cooperation.Starting from increasing demand for all-inclusive tours, business visits and cultural experiences.
Researcher at
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
, Zhang Hong said, this joint visa exemption policy is comprehensively open to all regions, and marks a step forward in bilateral cooperation.Previously, visa-free arrangements between the two sides were limited to certain adjacent territories.
In fact, demand from Chinese tourists to travel to Russia has long existed, because they are interested in the culture and history of the Red Bear Country.The current visa-free policy is more helpful for them to realize their trip to Russia.
In addition, according to China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the country is also expanding the list of visa-free countries from September 15, 2025 to September 14, 2026, granting visa-free entry to Russian citizens holding ordinary passports.
Tourism industry observers say the move will extend the tourism momentum of both countries and increase Russians’ interest in traveling to China.
Data from
Trip
, after China introduced visa-free entry for Russian visitors, Russian air ticket orders to China rose 190 percent year-on-year.
This exchange of tourists between the countries will strengthen the goodwill of both and create a better foundation for economic collaboration.The comprehensive visa-free arrangement reflects the maturity of bilateral relations, expected to encourage further Sino-Russian cooperation in other fields.
“Growing political trust has paved the way for broader cultural and social exchanges, resulting in clear progress in people-to-people relations,” Zhang said.
(ana/wiw)
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