In the countdown to the Spring Festival in the Year of the Dragon, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and other countries have successively introduced visa-free policies to China, which has aroused the upsurge of the global tourism industry to welcome Chinese tourists during the "Chinese New Year". On January 29, Alipay announced that it would join hands with millions of merchants around the world to launch a month-long "Good Luck Solitaire, Blessing the World" New Year promotion, which will "sweep all the codes" of selected merchants and business districts around the world: not only provide a variety of discount coupons and welfare coupons for popular destinations, but also provide traffic, free exchange, and easy taxis, so as to facilitate Chinese tourists to "travel the world with a mobile phone" in an all-round way.
China and Malaysia are visa-free in both directions, and at Eagle Bay Seafood Restaurant in Langkawi, owner William is looking forward to more Chinese tourists coming during the Spring Festival in the Year of the Dragon
Affordable and authentic tourism has become a trend, Alipay creates an "outbound treasure"
According to Xing Shishi, the person in charge of Alipay's outbound travel business, in order to meet the new needs of Chinese tourists for affordable travel + local travel, Alipay's outbound travel product design highlights the word "province" - saving money, worry, and effort, and has also received positive responses from overseas merchants and tourism bureaus. In this Spring Festival promotion of the Year of the Dragon, Alipay has been upgraded to an "outbound treasure" carried by Chinese tourists, which can spend no money on traffic, less money for travel, and more coupons for scanning codes.
At present, Alipay covers more than 70 countries and regions around the world and 8 million overseas merchants, especially in the "peripheral travel" hotspots: Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan and South Korea. In response to the hot spots of Chinese tourists' outbound travel, Alipay has designed a full range of "eat, drink and Tesco" strategies, such as a selection of souvenirs from Hong Kong and Macau, Thailand and Malaysia, and dining specials in Singapore.
The countdown to the Spring Festival Golden Week, overseas merchants are eager for Chinese customers. In Dubai Mall, the world's largest shopping mall, Alipay not only offers a 50 yuan discount on the full amount, but also has the opportunity to draw a European Cup double ticket
When tourists land at the 10 major international airports in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Italy, Canada and other places at the first stop, they can directly use Alipay to scan the code to receive exclusive discounts at the arrival hall, as well as real-time tax refund and early tax refund at the airport. "Chinese tourists are more accustomed to using mobile payments, which has led to the tourism industry in the entire Middle East. Rob Whitehouse, vice president of strategy and development at Dubai Airports, said that all duty-free shops at Dubai Airport are now welcome to pay with Alipay.
It's more worry-free to do a strategy before the trip: exchange rate flow, consumption, and transportation discounts have become a rigid need
"In fact, before you travel, you can start to 'gather wool'!" Xing Shishi suggested: Before leaving, you might as well spend 2.8 yuan in the Alipay App to buy the "Global Money Saving Pass", this super value package is equivalent to 500 yuan of rights, not only a collection of 8.8 yuan of scan code consumption without threshold cash red envelopes, 50 minus 5 cash red envelopes and other global coupons, as well as exclusive coupons of popular merchants in various destinations, plus the full lottery to send "European Cup double machine wine + European Cup tickets" benefits, it can be said that " A single return to the cost".
In addition, Chinese tourists can also search for "Fortune Black Card" on Alipay before their trip, and they can enjoy a 30-day black diamond super preferential exchange rate, with limited benefits of Ant Fortune Black Card, including up to 450 yuan in red envelopes, airport fast security checks or courtesy car transfers, DFS Duty Free Shop global full discount and other multiple discounts.
From February 1, all mobile and China Unicom users with more than 550 sesame points can also receive overseas traffic for free in popular destinations such as Hong Kong and Macau, Southeast Asia, Japan and South Korea, Australia, and the United States. Support low-carbon travel, and use Alipay to scan the code to pay 3 times during outbound travel, and you can deduct the traffic tariff you enjoy first.
Since the beginning of the Year of the Dragon, Alipay can come in handy, whether it is taking a taxi overseas, taking a bus or catching a plane, or even renting a car and an electric scooter. In many overseas destinations such as "Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand", Alipay supports taxis and online car-hailing online calls and QR code payments. In Hong Kong, China, you can scan the code to take the MTR, buses, ferries, and Ding Ding cars. For senior "travelers", the Alipay App has launched a global self-driving map, and renting a car has a chance to win a 666 yuan car rental coupon.
"AI on the code" outbound travel unlocks new ways to play
During the Spring Festival, whether it is a family trip, or a trip with girlfriends or lovers, or even a person, it is a happy thing. In order to make the travel of Chinese tourists more interesting, Chinese tourists can not only use Alipay's "sustainable travel" payment code skin when scanning the QR code for outbound travel during the Spring Festival of the Dragon, but also try more new ways to play with a sense of technology.
For friends who are "unmoved and far away", search for "AI postcards" on Alipay before Chinese New Year's Eve, and AI will also customize immersive outbound travel destination postcards and wishes for you. This is the first time that Alipay's outbound travel service has used AI assistants, and "technology + tourism" will help you realize your dreams of going to distant places for the first time.
Source: Huanqiu.com