China News Service, Sanya, October 5th (Zhang Yuehe) Huang Jing, deputy chief of the Duty Free Supervision Section of Sanya Customs, revealed in an interview on the 4th that in the three days before this year’s National Day holiday, the customs supervised duty-free shopping sales on the outlying islands of Sanya City were nearly 240 million yuan, and the number of shoppers exceeded 30,000, a year-on-year increase of 13.6% and 11.2% respectively.
Sanya is the core location for the construction of Hainan's international tourism consumption center. During this National Day holiday, it ushered in a wave of tourist travel peaks. As the "golden sign" of Hainan's tourism consumption, outlying island duty-free has once again been favored by many "fans".
On October 4, the cdf Sanya International Duty Free City was filled with people. Photo by Zhang Yuehe
"Visiting duty-free shops is a must-do item for me every time I come to Sanya." Huang Xiaoke, a tourist from Chengdu who just made a purchase at CDF Sanya International Duty Free City, said that in addition to fragrance products that are suitable for personal use and gifts, the new first-store and brand co-branded products launched by duty-free shops are also very attractive.
In front of the brand counters in the duty-free city, signboards with multiple promotions such as multiple points, instant discounts, limited-time no-threshold draws, etc. can be seen everywhere. The staff checked the prices on the brand's official website on-site and calculated how to apply different shopping benefits to obtain the best discounts for consumers.
On October 4, at cdf Sanya International Duty Free City, staff checked prices on the brand’s official website and calculated and applied different shopping benefits to obtain the greatest discounts for consumers. Photo by Zhang Yuehe
"Coming to Sanya to buy duty-free goods is the most cost-effective, and you can enjoy multiple benefits. The government provides consumer coupons, duty-free shops hold festivals, and brand stores will also launch discounts. The fragrance products I bought today can be discounted at 30% off the original price on the official website." He Jia, a consumer from Shanghai, held a shopping bag in his hand. After speaking, he rushed to the luggage brand store to start the next round of shopping.
"The Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day are connected, and Sanya is ushering in the peak season for tourism consumption. The duty-free consumer market is steadily heating up, and store customer flow continues to grow. The performance of beauty, digital, sports and outdoor categories is particularly impressive." said Qin Yuxue, deputy director of the sales department of cdf Sanya International Duty Free City The National Day holiday coincides with the 12th anniversary of the Duty Free City. Many brands have unveiled their first stores in Hainan, and popular new digital products have been released simultaneously with official releases. The Duty Free City has also specially launched special cultural and tourism activities such as a drone canopy show and the Sanya premiere of the Chrysalis Theater Troupe to enrich tourists' consumption experience.
Huang Jing said that during the National Day holiday, Sanya Customs launched a number of measures to facilitate people and benefit enterprises for duty-free on outlying islands, such as optimizing the "appointment customs clearance" system based on the use of "centralized + automatic" intelligent document review, remote video inspection and other smart models to ensure efficient and smooth entry and exit of duty-free goods; opening a 24-hour customs business consultation hotline to enable simple business questions to be answered instantly and complex questions to be answered on the same day, allowing passengers to buy comfortably and have fun. (over)
