Foreigners on group tours from Macao no longer need visas to explore the GBA

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China has announced visa-free travel for foreigners from dozens of countries wanting to visit the cities of the Greater Bay Area (GBA) – so long as they enter and exit the mainland from either Macao or Hong Kong as part of a package tour, TDM reports.

The scheme starts this month and will allow foreigners to spend six days in the GBA cities of Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Huizhou, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Jiangmen and Zhaoqing – as well as the coastal city of Shantou.

https://macaonews.org/greater-bay-area/visas-china-macau-macao-greater-bay-area/

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