Chinese travelers embrace mobile payments

Mobile payment continued to soar at popular overseas destinations for Chinese travelers during the weeklong National Day holiday that ended on Sunday, according to major mobile payment provider Alipay.

Bicester Village, an outlet shopping area near Oxford in the United Kingdom, Dotonbori commercial area in Osaka, Japan, and Australia's Sydney Airport were cited as the top three locations for Chinese consumers to pay using their phones, Alipay said in a report published on Sunday.

The number of transactions using Alipay at these three locations jumped 90-fold, 70-fold and 55-fold, respectively, which helped outbound per capita spending to surge 30 percent year-on-year, the company said.