Theresa May, home secretary, has bowed to pressure from retailers and businesses who want to lure high-spending Chinese tourists to Britain by seeking to bring in a joint visa application for the UK and other European countries.
London’s department stores such as Harrods and other companies have long complained that the UK’s time-consuming and complex visa application process means they are losing Chinese customers to more accessible European capitals.
Only this week Willie Walsh, chief executive of IAG, which owns British Airways and Iberia, described the bureaucracy and delays involved in obtaining a UK visa as a “major problem”.
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