More Croatians will go to China as the brand new coverage makes travelling a lot simpler.
ZAGREB, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) — China’s current visa-free coverage for Croatia is predicted to considerably increase journey and deepen enterprise connections between the 2 nations, in line with Nikola Vrdoljak, CEO of Croatia’s largest consulting agency, 404 Agency.
“I am very happy that China introduced the visa-free policy. I think it is a big step in the right direction,” Vrdoljak mentioned in a current interview with Xinhua.
As the brand new coverage makes travelling to China a lot simpler, “more and more people from Croatia” will therefore go to China, he famous.
China introduced on Nov. 22 that bizarre passport holders from 9 extra international locations — Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Estonia, Latvia, and Japan — will get pleasure from visa-free entry on a one-year trial foundation beginning Nov. 30. This brings the overall variety of international locations eligible for visa-free entry to China to 38.
Under this association, guests can keep in China with out a visa for as much as 30 days for functions comparable to enterprise, tourism, household visits, exchanges and transit.
Moreover, Vrdoljak identified visa-free coverage will certainly profit the enterprise connections between the 2 sides as “obtaining a visa can be time-consuming and definitely a hassle, especially as I am a businessman.”
“Business always profits from the more open borders and more connections as it is going to be less costly,” he mentioned. “Thanks to this visa-free arrangement, business will grow, tourism will grow, and that benefits both countries.”
The CEO additionally highlighted the outstanding function enhanced financial connections performed in fostering bilateral ties. He mentioned “more business means better relations, means better understanding between two countries. So I think this is really a good step for the relationship between Croatia and China.”
According to the Croatian CEO, outbound tourism in Croatia has been on the rise, and China, an enormous nation with an extended historical past and wealthy cultural heritage, gives quite a few points of interest for Croatian in addition to European vacationers. “So I am confident that outbound tourism to China from Croatia will increase,” he added.