“Chancellor George Osborne has announced plans to refund the cost of up to 25,000 visas for Chinese tourists in an attempt to attract more visits to the UK.”
“Visa applications for Chinese visitors entering the UK will be simplified, Chancellor George Osborne has announced during his trade trip to China.”
More Chinese tourists travelling to Britain means more investment to the UK. As UK plans to refund the cost of up to 25,000 visas for Chinese tourists, Chinese people are more likely to visit UK. Years ago, Chinese people need to submit the separate UK visa application if they want to travel some European countries. In this case, a lot of people’s trips from including the UK to Europe are deferred and eventually deterred. As long as the visa rules for Chinese coming to the UK to be relaxed, the British economic will be promoted.
“Let me make this clear to you and to the whole of China, there is no limit to the number of Chinese who could study in Britain. There is no limit to the number of Chinese tourists who can visit. No limit on the amount of business we can do together.” Said by Mr Osborne. Even though the UK gets less money from visa, tourists spend more on other products such as restaurants, hotels. Thus, more tourists promote the development of tourism and helps the UK government earn more profits through the tax.
Government agencies must invest more funds in training and development programs, so they need a lot of money. If it is easier for Chinese people to get into the UK, they may invest in British companies. More money also allows companies to purchase more advanced and high-tech equipments. Managers can hire more skilled labors and finalize employees to receive higher level education. Therefore, the quality of products will be much better.
As Chinese medicine, computing and technology programs are developing rapidly during these years, simplifying visa application, to some extent, it means the removal of trade barriers, which helps to speed up both countries research progress and can also boost the development of social economy.
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