Suzhou has been selected into the first batch of China’s cultural and tourism consumption demonstration cities, according to the list announced by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism yesterday (December 29).
Since Suzhou became the nation’s pilot city for cultural and tourism consumption in February, 2017, the city has formulated a full set of incentive polices for cultural and tourism consumption, created the “Suzhou Cultural and Tourism Consumption Month” brand and formed the “Suzhou Mode” for cultural and tourism consumption, which has won wide recognition.
So far this year, Suzhou has issued multiple policies and organized a series of events to advance the resumption of cultural and tourism consumption market in the city in a bid to overcome the difficulties posed by the outbreak of COVID-19 epidemic, including the following efforts:
1. Developing the night economy brand known as “An Enjoyable Night at Gusu 8:30pm” to boost the cultural and tourism consumption by means of growing the city’s night economy.
2. Introducing the “30-day Unconditional Refund Policy” for allon-site tourism consumption in Suzhou to build a safer and more comfortable tourism consumption environment.
3. Holding the “Double 12 Suzhou Shopping Festival” and a wide variety of consumption events to spur the vigor of cultural and tourism consumption in the city.
In the first three quarters of 2020, the total volume of retail sales in Suzhou had reached RMB549.67 billion yuan, rising over Hangzhou and Nanjing from the 10th to the 7th in the national ranking list.
(Source: iSuzhou)
