Storyline Flexible visa policies help promote ice-snow tourism in NE China's Liaoning [Voice_over] Northeast China's Liaoning Province is leveraging its abundant ice and snow tourism resources and flexible visa policies to attract an increasing number of foreign visitors this season. Building on the 10-day visa-free transit policy for the cities of Shenyang and Dalian, officials from the Exit-Entry Administration under the Shenyang Public Security Bureau recently added an option for tourists to extend their trip for an additional 30 days. Visitors have been eager to take advantage of the new measures. [Sound_bite] Abduwe Kenza, Moroccan traveler: "At first, I was going to stay a few days, but now, because there is the new policy, I am going to extend for one more month so I can see the snow and have fun on vacation." [Voice_over] According to the Liaoning border inspection station, from January to June this year 70 percent of all inbound foreign tourists to the region used the visa-free policy, an eightfold increase compared to the same period last year. [Sound_bite] Tie Deyang, First detachment deputy captain, visa division for foreigners, exit-entry administration branch, Shenyang Municipal Public Security Bureau: "Foreigners holding tourist visas or those granted visa-free entry only need to submit their travel itinerary to apply for visa extensions through our one-stop service. During this period, they can continue their travels in Shenyang without interruption. We can mail the extended visa directly to them." [Voice_over] Besides the visa-free travel extension, the Exit-Entry Administration under the Shenyang Public Security Bureau also launched a multilingual AI guide system, that gives foreign nationals travel and accommodation advice in 10 languages. [Restrictions: No access Chinese mainland]