On April 26, Alipay released the new trend of outbound travel consumption: sustainable travel has become a new way of outbound travel. Domestic tourists not only want more destination discounts, better exchange rates, and more authentic strategies, but also hope to continue practicing sustainable low-carbon behaviors when traveling far away, such as using more mobile payments and public transportation. While traveling underground, they can also protect the Earth's home where humans and nature coexist harmoniously.
From April 22, Alipay joined forces with millions of overseas merchants in advance to launch a 3-week May Day holiday for outbound tourists, which covers most of the popular destinations for outbound travel, such as Japan and South Korea, Southeast Asia, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, and North America. Among them, the first RMB 0.51 global free card has a wide range of services and high green content. Now, users can search "Huioutbound" on Alipay App to buy a global free travel card worth more than 200 yuan with 0.51 yuan before going out, including discounts, tax exemptions, air tickets, taxi fares, traffic and other just needed rights and interests for outbound travel. In particular, users are encouraged to go out to see the world sustainably through public transportation, which can also unlock more local treasure card punches.
Among them, as the most popular outbound destination, taking local public transport with Alipay bus code has become the preferred way for mainland tourists to explore Hong Kong, Macao and CityWalk. Especially during this year's May Day holiday, mainland tourists can now use a QR code to take public buses to Macau, allowing for one pass.
In Hong Kong, the experience of "one code access" continues to upgrade, and public transportation not only allows for scanning the code to take the bus, but also allows for the green energy of Ant Forest by taking the subway, bus, or Dingding bus from now on. Now, mainland users only need to open the bus code scanning in Hong Kong on the home page of Alipay App to get 80g of energy and 52g of energy by subway, with a maximum of 5 accumulations each day.
"Authenticity" and "cost-effectiveness" have become the keywords for outbound tourism consumption this year. For the "May Day" outbound travel, Chinese tourists can use Alipay not only to buy a global free travel card for more convenient and cheaper travel, but also to buy a global money saving pass with preferential destination on the journey, to use Alipay and local popular merchants to promote various consumption discounts, and to participate in the lottery to win extra subsidies such as European Cup tickets, free consumption, travel funds, etc.
In Southeast Asia, especially the visa free "Xinmatai", local businesses encourage Chinese tourists to use Alipay, and also welcome other major Asian e-wallet users to travel across borders through the ant innovative Alipay+service. At that time, not only will there be a single discount of up to 488 yuan, but also will be able to show their skills in local special festival activities.
The Middle East is an emerging destination. In order to welcome the arrival of a wave of Chinese tourists, not only will there be various full discount promotions in Dubai Shopping Center, Chinatown, Patchi Chocolate Shop and other consumption hotspots, but more than 11000 taxis in the whole city of Dubai can also use Alipay, of which more than 100 are also painted with Alipay+body, encouraging "Alipay" users in Asia to scan the code and take the bus, with a maximum discount of 15 yuan.
The European Cup has a large following among young users worldwide who use mobile payments. This year, Alipay also joined forces with major electronic wallets in other Asian countries and regions to launch a campaign to win tickets for the European Cup, promoting major duty-free stores, brands and businesses in Europe to actively participate and provide more discounts.