CHINA recorded 2.95 million inbound and outbound trips by foreigners in the first two months of 2024, official data showed on Friday, pointing to a rise in foreigners' willingness to visit China amid the country's efforts to make tourism more convenient.

With the approaching Qingming Festival holidays (from April 4 to 6), also known as Tomb-Sweeping Festival, travel platform data showed that the number of bookings for inbound travel to China has surged. As of March 20, the number of bookings for inbound travel during the three-day holidays has risen by 153 percent year on year, according to data sent to the Global Times by domestic online travel agency Trip.com.