This Day, That Year

Item from Feb 28, 1998, in China Daily: China's top three tourist cities are cooperating with credit company Visa to woo more overseas visitors, taking advantage of Visa's international coverage. ...

China UnionPay, the nation's largest bank card payment processor, is expanding rapidly as more Chinese travel abroad.

During the Spring Festival holiday, 6.15 million people traveled outside the Chinese mainland, up by 7 percent from the same period last year, according to the China National Tourism Administration.