Staff members help tourists from Laos and Thailand pass a ticket barrier at the Xishuangbanna railway station in Jinghong City, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Feb. 18, 2025. After entering through Mohan Port, a tourist group of 15 people from Laos and Thailand took a train and arrived in Jinghong City, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture on Tuesday. It was the first tourist group to arrive since the implementation of the visa-free policy allowing tourist groups from ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries to enter Xishuangbanna. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)