China recorded a surge in border crossings by both mainland Chinese citizens and foreign nationals in the third quarter of this year, as Chinese companies expand overseas and Beijing steps up incentives to attract foreign tourists.
The country logged a total of 192 million border crossings in the July-September period, up 7.9 per cent year on year, according to data released by the National Immigration Administration on Tuesday.
China received 11.6 million foreign arrivals, up 15.6 per cent, with visa-free entries surging 24.1 per cent to account for 77.5 per cent of the total.
The top three sources of foreign visitors were Russia, South Korea and Vietnam in that order, followed by Malaysia, the United States, Japan, Singapore, Thailand and Australia, according to the data.
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