economy - Europe tightens visa-rules

Tightening visa-rules, including face-to-face interviews, might reduce Chinese interest in European holidays, Shanghai travel agencies say in the Shanghai Daily. Only last year the first Chinese tourists departed for these promising new destinations after China and Europe struck a deal.

The agencies said they may consider replacing some Western European routes with tours to Eastern and Northern Europe, and Northern Africa.The city's first tour group to Tunisia, for instance, will set off on August 2, according to Shanghai CYTS, Shanghai International and Shanghai China International Tours.