On May 8, a continuous stream of tourists and border residents passed through Jimunai Port. In Jimunai Port Joint Inspection Hall, Kazakh resident Jens is going through customs clearance procedures. Scan the barcode on the certificate in the port entry hall, and you can complete customs clearance and exit procedures in ten seconds.

Jens said, "My main purpose in Xinjiang, China, is to travel and purchase some goods. Taking the international combined transport bus to Jimunai County, the transit procedures are handled quickly and conveniently."

Jimunai Port is located in the border area between China, Kazakhstan, Russia and Mongolia. It is the land port with the shortest straight-line distance between Xinjiang, China and Russia, and has the regional advantage of "one pass to four countries".

"With the implementation of the visa free policy of China and Kazakhstan on the 30th, more and more tourists enter and exit from Jimunai Port," said Liu Shurong, deputy director of the Cultural Tourism Industry Development Center of Jimunai County Culture, Sports, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau.

Cui Shujuan, general manager of Xinjiang Hump International Travel Agency Co., Ltd., said, "This year is China's' Kazakhstan Tourism Year ', and Chinese citizens are increasingly enthusiastic about outbound tourism. At present, there is a visa free policy, and more and more tourists are coming."

It is understood that Jimunai County has developed a number of cross-border tourism routes, including a 14 day cross-border tour route around Altay Mountain between China, Kazakhstan, Russia and Mongolia, and an exotic experience tour from Jimunai County to Kazakhstan. Since this year, there have been 27445 inbound and outbound passengers at Jimunai Port. From August of last year to March of this year, Jimunai County and Zhaisang County, Dongha Prefecture, Kazakhstan carried out discussions and exchanges on port cross-border tourism, and the two sides reached a cooperation intention on establishing a cooperation mechanism for port cross-border tourism; Through the Kazakhstan Tourism Promotion Conference, 100 Chinese travel agencies and more than 30 Kazakh travel agencies have reached cooperation intentions.

Bian Wei, Chief of Law Enforcement Section of Jimunai Port International Road Transport Administration Bureau, said: "At present, there are two ways to enter and exit from Jimunai Port, one is by international intermodal bus, the other is by self driving. Each day, China and Kazakhstan send six international intermodal shuttle buses, the first of which leaves at 9:30 am, and the rest of which will be scheduled according to the passenger flow to ensure the normal entry and exit of tourists. The one-way ticket costs 100 yuan per person. "

"Tourists from Kazakhstan like to eat our Chinese hotpot and drink pearl milk tea. These tourists like to buy pots and pans, clothes and other goods," said Turmanbek Aleten, a merchant in Jimunai Border Trade Zone.

"We will strengthen the construction of port infrastructure, continue to improve port tourism infrastructure, make good use of the 30 day visa free policy of China and Kazakhstan, launch multiple tourism products of 'Kanas Scenic Spot+Jimunai Port Cross border+Grassland Stone City', increase the publicity of domestic and overseas tourism, create differentiated tourism products, and let more tourists experience different domestic and foreign tourism scenery." Lin Qingsheng, secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Culture, Sports, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau of Jimunai County, said. (Chang Yiru)

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