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HANGZHOU, China, Oct. 11, 2023 /Xinhua-AsiaNet/--

The host city of the 19th Asian Games launched the third batch of Asian Games

Gift Packs, continuing its hospitality for global tourists even after a

fantastic conclusion to the Games.

Overseas visitors may sign up for the Gift Packs through the official website

(https://wgly.hangzhou.gov.cn/en/) of Hangzhou Tourism and Culture. Chinese

domestic tourists can join by searching "Asian Games" on the Alipay platform

and clicking into "One Pass" in the Smart Hangzhou 2022 mini program in the

app, or through the Fliggy app, Hangzhou Residents app and Discover Hangzhou

mini program, according to Hangzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, TV and

Tourism.

A total of 400,000 gift packs are to be distributed in this round. Each gift

pack includes a 7-day free Hangzhou subway pass, free tickets to 47 tourist

attractions, and a prepaid phone card worth $RMB100 (approximately $US14).

Winners can use the "One Pass" QR code in the Alipay app to take the subway and

enjoy sight-seeing at various scenic spots.

The tourist attraction benefit in the gift pack is worth thousands of yuan in

total and encompasses free tickets to famous scenic spots such as Xixi National

Wetland Park (the first national wetland park in China) and Thousand-Island

Lake (with 1,078 islands scattered across the lake).

The "Asian Games Gift Packs" for global tourists is a digital tourism marketing

campaign launched in June 2023 and has received a warm welcome from tourists

both domestically and abroad. The gift packs are scheduled to be distributed

through three lotteries. The first two batches of gift packs have generated

3.82 million interactions from tourists across 20 countries and regions,

including the U.S., Germany, France, Italy, and Japan.

The application for the third batch of gift packs is open at 10 a.m. (Beijing

time) on October 10. Participants who did not win in the first two batches can

still sign up for the third batch.

The One Pass in Smart Hangzhou 2022 mini program, along with the Asian Games

Gift Packs, aims to provide global visitors to Hangzhou with an all-in-one

digital service experience for dining, transportation, travelling, sightseeing,

shopping, and entertainment and help them better enjoy the Asian Games. The

pass offers an all-in-one service that allows tourists to enter a tourist

attraction, take public transportation and book museums, with a unified QR

code. In total, the pass has been used 2.43 million times by 1.23 million

tourists during the Asian Games. It has been used for transportation over 2.29

million times, facilitating green travel among tourists. All in all, spectators

with Asian Games tickets used the pass for transportation over 1.4 million

times.

Source: Hangzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, TV and Tourism