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Finnish tourism industry professional eager to restart tours to China

STORY: Finnish tourism industry professional eager to restart tours to China DATELINE: March 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: Helsinki CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of China 2. SOUNDBITE (English): MATTI JULIN, Senior advisor of OLYMPIA Air Travel Co., Ltd. 3. various of MATKA Nordic Travel Fair in Helsinki STORYLINE: To further facilitate cross-border travel, China's visa authorities abroad resume issuance of all categories of visas to foreigners starting on Wednesday. This is a decision welcomed by many tourism industry professionals. Matti Julin, senior advisor of a travel agency based in Finland, said he is looking forward to restarting tours to China, a popular destination for Finnish tourists. SOUNDBITE (English): MATTI JULIN, Senior advisor of OLYMPIA Air Travel Co., Ltd. "The OLYMPIA is really waiting to restart the China tours. OLYMPIA air travel started to send people to China already in 1974. We have been sending a lot of Finnish tourists and also Swedish tourists over the years.

FINLAND-HELSINKI-MATKA NORDIC TRAVEL FAIR

FINLAND-HELSINKI-MATKA NORDIC TRAVEL FAIR

(230120) -- HELSINKI, Jan. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 19, 2023 shows a view of Matka Nordic Travel Fair 2023 in Helsinki, Finland. The fair will last till Sunday. (Photo by Matti Matikainen/Xinhua)