On December 31, 2022, the Moroccan Foreign Ministry said that from January 3, 2023, all people from China, regardless of their nationality, would be banned from entering the country "to avoid a new wave of COVID-19 infections", Reuters reported. It is worth mentioning that the news was once a hot search on Sina Weibo.

On December 31, 2022, the Moroccan Foreign Ministry said that from January 3, 2023, all people from China, regardless of their nationality, would be banned from entering the country "to avoid a new wave of COVID-19 infections", according to a report by Geumu News on January 1, 2023, quoting Reuters.

Thousands of Chinese tourists visit Morocco every year, often arriving in the country on flights via the Gulf states, the report said. The move comes after other countries imposed entry restrictions on travelers from China.

Recently, some countries have tightened entry restrictions on travelers from China, according to previous media reports. According to Japanese media, Japan will test inbound passengers from the Chinese mainland for COVID-19 antigen and those who have a history of staying in the Chinese mainland within seven days, and restrict the number of direct flights between China and Japan.

At a regular press conference held on December 30, 2022, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin said that countries' measures should be scientific and appropriate and should not affect normal personnel exchanges and cooperation. In recent days, leading medical experts from many countries have said that there is no need to impose entry restrictions on travelers from China.

We want to stress that since the outbreak of the epidemic, China has been sharing information and data with the international community, including the WHO, in an open and transparent manner, and sharing the genetic sequence of the novel coronavirus in the first place, making important contribution to the development of relevant vaccines and drugs. Chinese authorities have shared viral genetic data of recent COVID-19 infections in China through the Global Influenza Sharing database. Relevant authorities in China will continue to closely monitor the mutation of the virus, release information on the epidemic in a timely, open and transparent manner in accordance with the law, and work with the international community to meet the challenges of the epidemic.

Chinese citizens will resume overseas tourism in an orderly way! Global voices

Many countries around the world have extended invitations to welcome Chinese tourists as the National Health Commission said it would orderly resume overseas travel.

Uzaidi Udanis, president of the Malaysian Inbound Tourism Association, said that China is welcome to visit Malaysia, saying that up to 3 million tourists are expected to visit Malaysia. The Ministry of Tourism of Cambodia said that it is making preparations for the reception of Chinese tourists. The Ministry of Tourism encourages tourism enterprises that receive Chinese tourists to carry out relevant certification procedures for receiving Chinese tourists as soon as possible, and urges them to make preparations for providing accommodation for Chinese tourists. Traisulee Traisaranakul, deputy spokesman for the Thai government, said the ministries of Foreign affairs, Public health, Transport and Tourism and sports are actively preparing for the arrival of Chinese tourists.

In addition, the embassies and tourist bureaus of France, Thailand, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Switzerland and other countries have posted messages on their social media platforms, saying they welcome Chinese tourists.