Private Vegas shopping for tour
By Wang Qingchu |
February 9, 2011, Wednesday
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SOME 800 Chinese tourists reserved a Las Vegas department store for two hours and embarked on a luxury shopping spree to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year.
They were on a tour organized by several travel agencies from Beijing and Guangzhou, spending the Spring Festival in the United States. Part of their itinerary was the shopping extravaganza at Macy's in Las Vegas last Saturday, Yangtze Evening News reported yesterday.
Most had an annual family income of more than 200,000 yuan (US$30,525), and those with a yearly income between 600,000 yuan to 1 million yuan accounted for 20 percent, Huang Zhiheng, chief representative of the California Travel and Tourism Commission in China, told the newspaper.
One woman, surnamed Hong, from Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, splashed out more than US$1,700 on skin care products in the department store. "The price is so cheap, half what I'd pay in China," she said.
A couple from Guangzhou spent more than US$7,000 in Las Vegas, the second stop of their tour. The wife had to buy three large cases to pack the bags, shoes and skin care products they had brought.
The department store didn't have a sales figure for Saturday, said Tracy Anderson, a manager of Macy's. However, there had been a huge influx of Chinese tourists, at around 4,000 to 5,000, during the past week, added Anderson.
Meanwhile, Europe was where tourists from Beijing spent most compared with other tourist destinations during the past seven days, tourism officials said. Each family spent 50,000-60,000 yuan in Europe on average.
Zhang Guidan bought three luxury brand bags, at around 4,700 euros. "The price is 50 percent cheaper and one of the bags is a limited version," Zhang said.
"People mainly snapped up luxury brands. A lot of them bought several bags, watches and clothes," said Peng Bo, a tour guide with China Youth Travel Service.
They were on a tour organized by several travel agencies from Beijing and Guangzhou, spending the Spring Festival in the United States. Part of their itinerary was the shopping extravaganza at Macy's in Las Vegas last Saturday, Yangtze Evening News reported yesterday.
Most had an annual family income of more than 200,000 yuan (US$30,525), and those with a yearly income between 600,000 yuan to 1 million yuan accounted for 20 percent, Huang Zhiheng, chief representative of the California Travel and Tourism Commission in China, told the newspaper.
One woman, surnamed Hong, from Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, splashed out more than US$1,700 on skin care products in the department store. "The price is so cheap, half what I'd pay in China," she said.
A couple from Guangzhou spent more than US$7,000 in Las Vegas, the second stop of their tour. The wife had to buy three large cases to pack the bags, shoes and skin care products they had brought.
The department store didn't have a sales figure for Saturday, said Tracy Anderson, a manager of Macy's. However, there had been a huge influx of Chinese tourists, at around 4,000 to 5,000, during the past week, added Anderson.
Meanwhile, Europe was where tourists from Beijing spent most compared with other tourist destinations during the past seven days, tourism officials said. Each family spent 50,000-60,000 yuan in Europe on average.
Zhang Guidan bought three luxury brand bags, at around 4,700 euros. "The price is 50 percent cheaper and one of the bags is a limited version," Zhang said.
"People mainly snapped up luxury brands. A lot of them bought several bags, watches and clothes," said Peng Bo, a tour guide with China Youth Travel Service.
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