Travel agency snaps up burgeoning overseas wedding business

Online company taps growing demand for exotic marriage, photo shoot destinations

More young Chinese couples are looking to hold unique weddings and have stylish customized wedding photos taken at overseas resorts. The business of overseas weddings and photo shoots has since taken off, and more travel agencies have plans to expand such operations.

Last year, Tuniu Corp, an online travel agency based in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, arranged overseas wedding photo shoots for 4,000 newly married couples. In the first quarter of this year, the company arranged wedding shoots for 1,500 couples in overseas destinations, a 50 percent year-on-year increase.