TravelerLocal — China travel facts for foreign visitors

Measured conclusion: Deep-tested. L2 outcome: tools_ok.

Field-verified China travel facts for foreign visitors: booking walls, hotel registration, transit.

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Copy this into your MCP client config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "TravelerLocal — China travel facts for foreign visitors": {
      "url": "https://www.travelerlocal.ai/api/mcp",
      "transport": "streamable-http"
    }
  }
}

Measured tools (5)

• get_city_facts

  Facts a foreign traveler needs for a Chinese city, checked against official sources and dated: which attractions need real-name/passport booking and when tickets release, official ticket channels (no resellers), whether hotels register foreign guests, whether foreign cards work via Alipay/WeChat, and honest local notes. Use for questions like 'how do I book X in <city>' or 'can foreigners stay in hotels in <city>'.

  Parameters:

  • city (required) — string — City name or slug, e.g. "Beijing" or "lhasa".

  Hints: read-only not declared · destructive not declared · idempotent not declared · open-world not declared

• check_attraction_booking

  How a foreigner books a specific Chinese attraction: real-name/passport requirement, ticket release time, whether it sells out, the OFFICIAL channel, and whether authorized resellers exist. Use for 'can foreigners book the Forbidden City / Terracotta Army / Mogao Caves and when do tickets release'.

  Parameters:

  • attraction (required) — string — Attraction name, e.g. "Forbidden City".

  Hints: read-only not declared · destructive not declared · idempotent not declared · open-world not declared

• check_transit_eligibility

  Whether a traveler qualifies for China's 240-hour visa-free TRANSIT (not the 30-day visa-free entry). Needs nationality, the entry port/city, and whether they have an onward ticket to a THIRD country/region. Returns eligibility, regional limits, and the defining conditions.

  Parameters:

  • nationality (required) — string — Passport nationality, e.g. "United States".
  • port — string — Entry port or city, e.g. "Shanghai" or "Beijing Capital".
  • onward_to_third_country — boolean — True if flying onward to a different (third) country/region, not back to origin.

  Hints: read-only not declared · destructive not declared · idempotent not declared · open-world not declared

• search_cities

  Search the cities TravelerLocal has guide pages for. Returns matching city names and page URLs. Use to discover coverage or resolve a place to a city.

  Parameters:

  • query (required) — string — Partial city name or keyword.

  Hints: read-only not declared · destructive not declared · idempotent not declared · open-world not declared

• get_travel_playbook

  TravelerLocal's stance, checked against official sources and dated, on the system-level things foreigners get wrong in China (not a specific place): paying when a foreign card fails, eSIM vs VPN and the firewall, the Chinese-phone-number wall, the first hour after landing, hotel foreigner-registration, and visa-free transit. Use for 'why does my card keep getting declined in China', 'do I need a VPN or an eSIM', 'do I need a Chinese phone number', 'what do I do when I land'.

  Parameters:

  • topic (required) — string — One of: payments, connectivity, phone-number, arrival, hotels, transit.

  Hints: read-only not declared · destructive not declared · idempotent not declared · open-world not declared

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