Arrive curious.
Feel ready.
Explore Xiamen.

Choose for your actual phone, data needs and need for a Chinese number—not just a headline price.

Prepare your account, card and verification method, then separate payment errors from booking errors.

Separate visa-free entry, transit and an airside connection, then verify your exact itinerary.

Find the right terminal, choose a transfer and keep the hotel’s Chinese address ready.

Make a Chinese address card to show a driver. Copy it, download it or print it before you travel.

Choose a payment app, keep a cash backup and know what to do when a card is declined.

Choose a payment app, keep a cash backup and know what to do when a card is declined.

Prepare your account, card and verification method, then separate payment errors from booking errors.

Choose for your actual phone, data needs and need for a Chinese number—not just a headline price.

What to bring, what to ask and how to avoid buying the wrong kind of mobile plan.

Find the right terminal, choose a transfer and keep the hotel’s Chinese address ready.

Sort out your passport, booking channel and departure pier before heading to Gulangyu.

Set up payments, maps, translation and bookings before you need them on the street.

Choose a metro, bus or car journey with a clear destination and a backup way to pay.

Confirm the location, passport check-in, arrival time and deposit before you travel.

Recognise the two names, save the correct destination and check the entrance before departure.

Prepare passenger details, complete identity checks and carry the same document to the station.

Separate visa-free entry, transit and an airside connection, then verify your exact itinerary.

Emergency numbers, your hotel and a trusted contact, saved together.

Read how sources are reviewed and what still needs a local test.