Ease for Chinese tourists
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ALIPAY yesterday said it has collaborated with overseas public transport service providers to allow travelers to pay in yuan for overseas transport cards.
Users can pay for public transport cards via Alipay’s smartphone application and show the electric vouchers at designated counters when they arrive at destination airports to pick up the cards.
Alipay users can buy transport cards for Singapore, Thailand, South Korea and Macau.
It’s a further step for Alipay, an online payment affiliate of Alibaba, to take advantage of the growing Chinese demand for overseas travel after it unveiled a tax rebate program in a dozen European countries for Chinese mainland tourists earlier this year.
Sabrina Peng, president of Alipay International, said it chose to launch the service on Alipay’s smartphone application because travelers often take their smartphones with them to check out travel advice and routes.
The four destinations chosen are among the most popular for mainland travelers.
Hong Kong and Japan may be included as the scheme expands in future, Peng added.
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