According to Alipay+, the outbound travel bookings to countries with visa-free policies for Chinese citizens have surged more than 10 times for the upcoming CNY festive season compared to last year, along with popular favourites such as Japan and South Korea.
In anticipation of the travel surge, Alipay+ is stepping up the global travel drive for its hospitality and tourism partners on the eve of the first full Chinese New Year travel boom.
“2024 will be an exciting year for Alipay+ to unlock many digital innovations in online and offline cross-border commerce. As a global travel phenomenon, Chinese New Year is the perfect moment to kickstart our new range of partnerships, campaigns and product offerings to build a seamless and authentic travel experience and bring more business for merchants large and small,” said Douglas L. Feagin, President of Alipay+.
As of January 2024, Alipay+ partner wallets and bank apps include Touch ‘n Go eWallet (Malaysia), Alipay (Chinese Mainland), AlipayHK (Hong Kong SAR, China), GCash (Philippines), TrueMoney (Thailand), OCBC Digital (Singapore) and more.
Tourists from Greater China are taking advantage of visa-free travel exemptions in several countries which including Malaysia. Malaysia now offers visa-free entry to Mainland China tourists for 30 days while Malaysians can now get 15-day visa-free entry when they visit China.
On the destinations’ side, global merchants are matching with wide-ranging special packages:
At the same time, DuitNow QR merchants in Malaysia can accept payments from 8 Asian eWallets including Alipay.
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