AS the Chinese New Year approaches, the outbound travel market has entered a booking frenzy, with bookings for Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand from China up 15 times year on year.

With China's opening up measures, including visa exemptions, the Spring Festival holidays ― running from February 10 to 17 ― will see a wave of Chinese tourists traveling abroad, making China an important force in promoting the development of global tourism, experts said.

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