Foreign tourists' travel trajectory in China is rapidly extending to the depth of the hinterland
In recent years, with the continuous improvement of China's tourism infrastructure and the continuous improvement of international influence, the travel trajectory of foreign tourists in China is rapidly extending from traditional first-tier cities and popular attractions to the deep hinterland. This trend has been fully reflected in the popular topics and hot content across the Internet in the past 10 days. The following will show you the specific manifestation of this phenomenon through structured data and analysis.
1. Changes in foreign tourists' travel destinations

According to recent travel platforms and social media data, foreign tourists’ travel destinations in China have shown a clear “decentralized” trend. The following are the ranking changes of popular tourist destinations in the past 10 days:
| Ranking | Destination type | Popular Areas | Search volume growth rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Historical and cultural city | Xi'an, Luoyang, Dunhuang | 45% |
| 2 | Natural scenery | Zhangjiajie, Jiuzhaigou, Huangshan | 38% |
| 3 | Ethnic minority areas | Lijiang, Yunnan, Qiandongnan, Guizhou, Guilin, Guangxi | 32% |
| 4 | Countryside experience | Moganshan, Zhejiang, Wuyuan, Jiangxi, Hongcun, Anhui | 28% |
2. Changes in the way foreign tourists travel
The way foreign tourists travel in China has also undergone significant changes, from traditional group tours to more free and in-depth experiential travel. The following are the distribution data of foreign tourists' travel methods in the past 10 days:
| Travel method | Percentage | Year-on-year growth | Main population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free travel | 65% | +20% | Young tourists |
| Customized group | 25% | +15% | Family tourists |
| Traditional group meeting | 10% | -12% | Elderly tourists |
3. Hot content that foreign tourists pay attention to
By analyzing the interactive content of foreign tourists on social media in the past 10 days, we can find that their perception of China is moving from the surface to the depth. The following are the keyword statistics for hot topics:
| Keywords | Frequency of occurrence | Related Regions | Content Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tea culture | 12,500 times | Fujian, Yunnan | Experience sharing |
| Ethnic minority festival | 9,800 times | Guizhou, Guangxi | Video Recording |
| China High-speed Railway | 8,200 times | Nationwide | Traffic strategy |
| Local food | 15,300 times | Sichuan, Guangdong | Shop Exploration Video |
4. The main factors driving this trend
1.Facilitation of visa policies: China has continued to optimize its visa policy in recent years, and the 144-hour transit visa-free policy has increased to cover cities, greatly facilitating foreign tourists to explore China's hinterland.
2.Perfect transportation network: The rapid development of high-speed rail network and the increase in branch flights have enabled foreign tourists to reach the inland China more conveniently.
3.Popularization of digital payments: The widespread use of mobile payments has solved the payment problems of foreign tourists in remote areas and improved the travel experience.
4.Enhanced cultural attraction: With the international spread of Chinese culture, more and more foreign tourists hope to gain an in-depth understanding of Chinese traditional culture and ethnic minority customs.
5.Social Media Impact: The in-depth Chinese tour content shared by travel bloggers and video creators has inspired more foreign tourists to explore.
V. Typical case analysis
Among the hot content in the past 10 days, the travel experiences of several foreign travel bloggers in China have attracted widespread attention. For example, a German blogger recorded a series of videos "Hiking along the Tea-Horse Ancient Trail for 30 Days" was broadcasted by more than 5 million times; an American photographer's work that lived in a Miao village in Guizhou for half a month was on the cover of an international photography magazine.
These cases show that foreign tourists are no longer satisfied with skimming sightseeing, but pursue deeper cultural experiences and interpersonal communication. They are willing to spend more time staying in one place, learning the local language, and participating in daily life, and this in-depth travel is becoming a new trend.
6. Future prospects
With the continuous development of China's tourism industry and the deepening of international exchanges, the trend of foreign tourists extending their travel trajectory to the deep hinterland will accelerate. It is expected that the number of foreign tourists to China's second- and third-tier cities and rural areas will grow at a rate of more than 25% per year in the next three years.
This trend will not only drive the development of China's hinterland tourism industry and promote balanced regional economic growth, but will also become an important bridge for cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries, allowing the world to understand contemporary China more comprehensively and truly.
In general, the rapid and in-depth development of foreign tourists' travel trajectory in China is a vivid manifestation of China's tourism industry transformation and upgrading and cultural soft power improvement, and is also an inevitable result of deepening cultural exchanges under the background of globalization.
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