Tourism businesses are still grappling with reduced inventory, manpower issues.
Some 250,000 locations in Korea will begin to accept WeChat Pay and Alipay, the mobile payment services widely used in China.
South Korea plans to attract 1.5 million additional Chinese tourists in the second half, with a goal of reaching 2 million for all of 2023.
Even though Chinese travel agents are optimistic about policies from the new government, they are awaiting more clarity about tourism measures.
President of the Phuket Tourism Association, said scrapping the application fee would be ideal than giving visa exemptions to visitors from China and India.
The STA has credited China and Saudi Arabia's robust bilateral agreements for helping to facilitate travel between the two countries.
If China returned to 2019 U.S. tourism levels, it would add $30 billion to the U.S. economy and 50,000 U.S. jobs, Raimondo said.
Tour groups from China’s mainland will be limited to 2,000 arrivals per day.