Relaxing visa rules for chinese tourists : time for ASEAN review?

• Main Author: Hong, Yan
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science::International relations
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104437; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/20179
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

ASEAN members have greatly benefited from the increasing influx of tourists from mainland China. However, none of them has granted visa waiver to ordinary Chinese passport holders. Should the visa policy be relaxed in line with ASEAN’s goal of greater connectivity with East Asia?