From 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. local time on the 2nd, several direct flights from Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other places in China to Türkiye landed at Istanbul Airport. With Türkiye's visa free entry policy for Chinese citizens with ordinary passports coming into effect on the same day, the first batch of Chinese tourists who enjoy this convenience can easily enter Türkiye. "It's a great honor to be the first batch of Chinese tourists in Türkiye after visa free. We can enter directly with our passports, which is very convenient. ”Han Xiumei, who has been engaged in traveling to Türkiye for more than ten years, led a tour group of more than 20 people to Istanbul on the first day of visa free travel. She is full of expectations for the visa free policy and said that there will definitely be more and more busy days in the future. Song Sijia, who studied in Europe, flew to Istanbul Airport in the early morning of the same day, waiting to meet his friends and visit Türkiye together. "We didn't plan our trip in advance, and bought tickets immediately after seeing Türkiye's visa free policy." She said that she was a bit nervous when entering the country because she was stuck, but the customs clearance process was very smooth, which made her sincerely feel that the "gold content" of Chinese passports is increasing. Liu Ying, a businessman engaged in fluff trade, and her colleagues arrived in Istanbul and waited at the airport for Türkiye's partners to pick them up. "I have cooperated with Türkiye businessmen for more than ten years, and I have three or four exchanges every year." Liu Ying said that the visa free policy will greatly facilitate their business activities and help further promote trade with the local area. On that day, the Istanbul branch of China Southern Airlines held an event at the airport to welcome Chinese passengers who arrived on the first visa free day and presented souvenirs to lucky passengers. Xu Jiafeng, General Manager of the Sales Department, introduced that in order to cope with the possible increase in passenger flow after visa free travel, China Southern Airlines plans to increase the frequency of direct flights from Guangzhou, Beijing, Urumqi to Istanbul from March this year. By then, the total number of flights per week may reach 17, further expanding the "Air Silk Road" between China and Turkey. (New Society)