(Walking in the Free Trade Zone) The Free Trade Port's policy dividend highlights: the daily sales of duty-free shopping on outlying islands exceed 100 million yuan to drive tourism recovery
China News Service, Sanya, August 27 (Reporter Yin Haiming) The summer vacation was originally a relatively off-season for tourism in Sanya, Hainan. However, due to the adjustment of the duty-free shopping policy on Hainan’s outlying islands, the Sanya International Duty Free City is full of crowds and tourism consumption during the summer. The newly adjusted Hainan outlying island duty-free shopping policy was implemented on July 1, and the current average daily sales has exceeded 100 million yuan, driving the rapid recovery of Hainan's tourism industry in the context of epidemic prevention and control.
The picture shows tourists queuing to check out in Sanya International Duty Free City on August 26. Photo by Yin Haiming
The reporter saw in Sanya International Duty Free City on the 26th that the surrounding parking lots were full of vehicles, and there was an endless stream of tourists coming to shop. In the Sanya International Duty Free City, many brand-name shops lined up for tourists to wait to enter the store to buy goods; at the cashier, there were also long queues of tourists waiting to check out.
Zhao Jing, assistant to the marketing department of CDFG Sanya Duty Free Shop Co., Ltd., said that the current daily passenger flow has reached 30,000 to 40,000, which is more than the busiest Spring Festival holiday in the past. The company has taken several measures to improve service quality. .
The picture shows tourists shopping for electronic products in Sanya International Duty Free City on August 26. Photo by Yin Haiming
According to data, from July 1 to August 18, the sales of the four outlying island duty-free shops in Hainan exceeded 5 billion yuan, an increase of 2.5 times year-on-year, and the average daily sales exceeded 100 million yuan.
The picture shows tourists shopping for alcohol in Sanya International Duty Free City on August 26. Photo by Yin Haiming
Li Yufei, deputy director of the Hainan Provincial Party Committee's Deep Reform Office (Office of the Free Trade Port Working Committee), said that after the implementation of the new duty-free shopping policy on outlying islands, the sales of duty-free shopping on outlying islands in Hainan have increased significantly and the sales varieties have changed. Portable electronic products such as mobile phones, wine and tablet computers accounted for 95% of the total sales of the new categories. The consumption of duty-free goods with a unit price of more than 8,000 yuan has increased significantly, with sales of nearly 1.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.2 times.
The picture shows tourists shopping for electronic products in Sanya International Duty Free City on August 26. Photo by Yin Haiming
Li Yufei said that about 80% of the goods sold in Hainan duty-free shops were perfumed products, and products with prices above 8,000 yuan were rarely sold. For example, he said that on July 1, the day when the new outlying island tax exemption policy was implemented, three watches were sold for 800,000 yuan, which was not the case before. The dividends of the new tax-free shopping policy on outlying islands have gradually become prominent.
The picture shows tourists queuing to shop in Sanya International Duty Free City on August 26. Photo by Yin Haiming
The "golden sign" of duty-free shopping on outlying islands has prospered Sanya this summer travel. The reporter saw at the Locomotive Seafood Plaza in Sanya on the evening of the 26th that there were almost full of diners in this large seafood plaza.
Public information shows that two state-owned enterprises in Hainan have been approved for outlying island duty-free operations. Hainan will strive to open 3 new duty-free shops on outlying islands in Sanya within this year. (Finish)