According to the Guangdong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism on the 11th, multiple departments in the province recently jointly issued the "Several Measures to Accelerate the High Quality Development of Inbound Tourism", launching 23 measures in six aspects, including optimizing visa and customs clearance policies, promoting deep integration of aviation and tourism, enriching the supply of inbound tourism products, and improving comprehensive inbound tourism services. The above documents clearly state that Guangdong needs to further improve the efficiency of port clearance, optimize the establishment of overseas tourist entry inspection channels, create a convenient and comfortable clearance environment, and make full use of the 24/240 hour visa free transit and unilateral visa free, mutual visa free policies for foreigners; Promote A-level tourist attractions, tourist resorts, star rated tourist hotels, etc. to improve multilingual signage and guide facilities in accordance with standards; Guide public cultural venues such as libraries and museums to open their services to various groups, including inbound tourists, without any barriers, allowing inbound tourists to participate more deeply in Guangdong's cultural and tourism experience. At the same time, the document shows that Guangdong will continue to promote the implementation of "buy and refund" facilitation measures, encouraging and guiding more merchants to become tax refund shops; Support the establishment of tourism consultation service centers at international airports within the province, providing inbound tourists with one-stop services such as tourism consultation, online booking, and mobile payment; Promote payment facilitation and continuously expand the coverage of overseas bank card merchants and facilities in key transportation hubs, large commercial districts, and key cultural and tourism venues. Guangdong also proposed to enrich the supply of inbound tourism products, create two or three world-class tourist attractions and resorts with international influence, comprehensively enhance coastal tourism, and create a number of "island hopping tours" and "multi stop" sea routes in the bay area; Support the expansion of domestic and international ocean tourism routes and products, explore the development of various new tourism formats such as international cruise ships anchored in Hong Kong for "static tourism", and promote the free sailing of yachts in Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao. According to statistics from the Department of Culture and Tourism of Guangdong Province, in the first half of 2025, Guangdong received 39.31 million inbound tourists, achieved a tourism foreign exchange income of 98.78 billion yuan (RMB, the same below), and an average consumption of 2512.8 yuan per inbound tourist. All indicators exceeded the same period last year. (New Society)