First visa-free ASEAN tour group enters China's Xishuangbanna

By Xinhua Published: Feb 19, 2025 10:22 AM

Tourists from Laos and Thailand arrive at the Xishuangbanna railway station in Jinghong City, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Feb. 18, 2025. After entering through Mohan Port, a tourist group of 15 people from Laos and Thailand took a train and arrived in Jinghong City, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture on Tuesday. It was the first tourist group to arrive since the implementation of the visa-free policy allowing tourist groups from ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries to enter Xishuangbanna. (Photo: Xinhua)

Actresses perform for tourists from Laos and Thailand in front of the Xishuangbanna railway station in Jinghong City, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Feb. 18, 2025. After entering through Mohan Port, a tourist group of 15 people from Laos and Thailand took a train and arrived in Jinghong City, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture on Tuesday. It was the first tourist group to arrive since the implementation of the visa-free policy allowing tourist groups from ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries to enter Xishuangbanna. (Photo: Xinhua)

Tourists from Laos and Thailand are greeted upon arrival at the Xishuangbanna railway station in Jinghong City, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Feb. 18, 2025. After entering through Mohan Port, a tourist group of 15 people from Laos and Thailand took a train and arrived in Jinghong City, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture on Tuesday. It was the first tourist group to arrive since the implementation of the visa-free policy allowing tourist groups from ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries to enter Xishuangbanna. (Photo: Xinhua)

Staff members help tourists from Laos and Thailand pass a ticket barrier at the Xishuangbanna railway station in Jinghong City, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Feb. 18, 2025. After entering through Mohan Port, a tourist group of 15 people from Laos and Thailand took a train and arrived in Jinghong City, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture on Tuesday. It was the first tourist group to arrive since the implementation of the visa-free policy allowing tourist groups from ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries to enter Xishuangbanna. (Photo: Xinhua)