Although cold, rainy, but shopping in International Trade City is still crowded tourist center, small groups, some of them to bargain around the stall holders, some large bag big bag to buy goods, foreign visitors come to shop anywhere visible. According to statistics, one day, there were 256 approved 11 foreign tourists who come shopping tourism, mainly from Malaysia, Korea and other places.
Tourism and trade a win-win
zhejiang Yiwu is the most attractive of the top ten tourist destinations, top ten tourism and leisure city, Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Province, would be best to one of 50 scenic spots. Shopping tourism is a tourism city, Zhejiang Province, the "gold card." As the financial crisis weakened business to come to Yiwu, significantly increased foreign travel. According to the municipal tourist authority statistics, in 2009, yiwu city, 6,848,200 people were tourists, including 374,800 overseas tourists in trips over the same period the previous year were 15.15% and 9.16% growth in tourism foreign exchange income of 248.847 million U.S. dollars, of tourists per capita per day spent 205.46 U.S. dollars. Tourism and trade to achieve a win-win.
The first quarter of 2010, a total of 1,312,551 tourists trips, compared with growth of 7.78% over the same period in 2009. Of which 77,207 inbound tourists, up 15.98 percent.
It is understood to justice Shopping Tour Most of these foreign tourists are from Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Hangzhou, from travel agents tour. In addition, the reporter learned from the Municipal Public Security Bureau Exit and Entry Administration, in the first quarter, it handled a total of up to 76 779 arrivals business trips, and 57,766 in 2009 compared to the same period increased by 32.9%, of which the largest number of countries immigration Korea and India. To justice in these foreign workers, many of which also participated in the shopping tourism. With the approach of the 2010 Fair, to sense the number of shopping tourism will further upsurge was set off.
Foreign guests stay high
Yiwu Market is known as a barometer of China's foreign trade and economic vane is known, and each star hotel room rates and open rates reflects the number of customers and the volume level. With the good economic situation in 2010, inbound tourists to pour, not only promoted the economic development of tourism in Yiwu, Yiwu, the hotel also to bring business opportunities. According to the Tourism Bureau of the City star hotel survey, in January 2010, Yiwu City, the occupancy rate of each star hotels 65.5%, of which 41.1% occupancy rate of foreign guests, the Spring Festival holiday in February because of the number of stay has dropped slightly, But in March, tourists occupancy rate of 73.8%, of which more than half of foreign occupancy rate more than
Up reached 55.4%.
March 2010 held in Hangzhou, Yiwu, shopping tourism award ceremony, the city government were obtained on 2009 16 shopping tour first, second, and third prizes and awards outstanding organizational units given incentives. It was the first prize of Zhejiang tour outside the Strait Travel Co., Ltd. Sales of Cheng Han Juan introduced in 2009, organized the tour to more than 4,000 foreign tourists Yiwu shopping tourism, tourists to Malaysia, Thailand as the main source countries.
Provincial Tourism Bureau Deputy Director Zhu Hong Wei believes that even the Yangtze River Delta, Zhejiang Yiwu has become a shopping and leisure area of the bright pearl of tourism to the province's tourism industry has made great contributions. From 2010 to Yiwu continued rapid growth in the number of visitors can also see signs of economic rebound, some from Japan, South Korea visitors, in the swim, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Shanghai and other cities, the final leg of Jiuhuiliuji Yiwu meet their needs and then purchase goods rewarding experience. She also hopes to increase tourism Yiwu support and further enhance the quality of travel, to revitalize Yiwu travel miracle.