CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- “Every day in Chongqing is a surprise. What do I have to do to stay and live in Chongqing?” On July 4, French guy Bu Xiaolong released a video about travel to Chongqing on Tik Tok, and received tens of thousands of likes. In the video, he had been to Jiefangbei and Eling Testbed 2, enjoyed Chongqing hot pot, saw face-changing of Sichuan opera, and finally raved that Chongqing was so fashionable, modern, and “city”.

On July 10, the reporter contacted the French guy Bu Xiaolong who has left Chongqing, but missed the life in Chongqing, and even sent a “job seeking” signal that “If I have the opportunity, I hope to work in Chongqing later.” Bu said that he spent more than a week in Chongqing on this travel, he first saw a video about Chongqing on a French social network and was eager to see it with his own eyes; and he was shocked upon arrival and found that the entire city exceeded his expectations. When asked about any recommended food, he exclaimed that he did not want to make any recommendations because all the food in Chongqing is delicious but recommended everyone to eat as much as possible.

“Liking Chongqing is just like you suddenly like someone without any reasons.” At the end of the video interview, he expressed his love to Chongqing again.

In fact, it is not difficult to find on the major social media platforms that the charming mountain city and Chongqing hot pot appeared in more and more foreign tourists’ video. With the continuous expansion of the visa-free “circle of friends”, under the 144-hour transit visa-free policy, the statistics of multiple tourism platforms show that Chongqing is becoming a popular city for foreign tourists to enter, the air ticket bookings in the first half of the year was increased by 1.8 times on a year-on-year basis, and more than 10% of foreign tourists came for the second time in six months.

In the first half of this year, Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport Customs supervised a total of 385,300 inbound travelers, with a year-on-year growth rate of 176.61%. Under the lens of foreign bloggers such as the French guy Bu Xiaolong, Chongqing can be truly displayed, and the image of Chongqing as a warm and opening-up city is also becoming known to the world, attracting more overseas travelers to Chongqing. (Translated by Vichy, Fathom Language Limited)