To gear up for the peak season, Xiamen has also rolled out new summer leisure experiences, multilingual arrival services, and cross-city connecting itineraries to enhance the inbound travel experience.
Chinese artist Hu Weiyi won the 2025 "Jimei x Arles Discovery Award", the top honor of the annual Jimei × Arles International Photo Festival held in Xiamen, East China's Fujian province, with his exhibition The Inner Darkroom.
Promotion symposia for the 26th China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT) were held in Hong Kong on July 8 and Macao on July 9, drawing keen interest from business communities.
Xiamen Airlines will launch a direct passenger route from Xiamen to London Heathrow Airport starting Sept 6. This marks Fujian province's first non‑stop link to London.
Uruguay will grant visa-free entry to Chinese citizens.
China has decided to extend visa-free entry for Russian citizens until Dec 31, 2027, a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry said on May 20.
Twenty-seven young people and community leaders from the United States traveled to Xiamen from July 16 to 21, where they joined 12 local youth volunteers for the Friendships of Xiamen: U.S. Youth Ambassadors in Xiamen 2026.
