Travel ancillaries turn bullish

The rapid growth of China's outbound tourism in recent years has given a boost to many ancillary businesses like visa application processing agencies, tourist information services, photo studios, photo-copy centers and cloakrooms near embassies.

Baicheng.com, one of the largest visa application agents in China, said it is bullish on the market potential of visa application services as increasingly younger consumers are traveling abroad.

The demand for visa-related services is growing, it said.