This year, for visitors from China, European countries relaxed the regulations on applying for tourist visas, reducing processing times, eliminating the requirement for travel insurance and introducing a one-year visa for the Schengen Zone. More than one million Chinese tourists applied for visas to Schengen nations in 2013, making China the third-largest source of applications after Russia and Ukraine.
Similar articles
-
April 2022
Rick Steves’ Europe: The high life and humble devotion on Montenegro’s Bay of Kotor
-
April 2022
Countries the unvaccinated can visit. Mobile Passport Control app. Collecting a canceled-flight-reservation refund
-
February 2022
Online passport renewals on the horizon. Email scams on TSA program members
-
August 2021
Updates on countries' COVID-related entry requirements and on ETIAS and on REAL ID.
-
October 2020
In light of COVID-19, countries have new entry requirements for visitors
-
September 2020
Countries opening borders. COVID-19 safety considerations on commercial airlines