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Urgent: Britain announces visa changes for Chinese tourists

Xinhua, October 21, 2015 Adjust font size:

The British government announced Wednesday that from 2016 new visitor visas for tourists from China will be valid in the country for two years.

The measure, rolled out during Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Britain, will bring "significant benefits to the UK economy," British Prime Minister David Cameron's office said in a press release. Endi