WorldSkills Competition Boosts Shanghai Tourism Consumption, Over 12.63 Million Visitors in 6 Days
According to Shanghai tourism big data monitoring, during the 48th WorldSkills Competition held in Shanghai (September 22-27, 2026), Shanghai received 12.6328 million visitors, up 9.28% year-on-year; the average hotel occupancy rate was 61.46%; total all-element tourism transaction value reached 29.031 billion yuan across 70.7 million transactions. During the competition, Shanghai launched 100 tourism routes (65 themed routes and 35 CityWalk routes), and 4 leading travel agencies provided one-stop services at the competition venue. 231 popular scenic areas, cultural and art venues, and tourism projects offered discounts, instant rebates, and combo tickets. Shanghai deployed 'Huxiaoyou' serv…
Impact and considerations
Major international events significantly boost host city tourism consumption, with over 12.63 million visitors in 6 days and total tourism transaction value of 29.031 billion yuan. The deployment of multilingual services and foreign card payment terminals facilitates inbound visitor spending, offering reference for de…
Key points
- During the 48th WorldSkills Competition (September 22-27, 2026), Shanghai received 12.6328 million visitors, up 9.28% year-on-year.
- Shanghai's average hotel occupancy rate was 61.46%; total all-element tourism transaction value reached 29.031 billion yuan across 70.7 million transactions.
- Shanghai launched 100 tourism routes, including 65 themed routes and 35 CityWalk routes; 4 leading travel agencies provided one-stop services at the competition venue.
- 231 popular Shanghai scenic areas, cultural and art venues, and tourism projects jointly offered discounts, instant rebates, and combo tickets.
- Shanghai deployed 'Huxiaoyou' service centers at 100 key cultural tourism service points, integrating an intelligent agent and MeetChina foreign card payment terminals, aggregating over 84,000 resources across 36 major categories and 117 subcategories, covering 10 languages and over 120 currencies.
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- 品橙旅游
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- First source publication
- 29 Sept 2026, 08:00
- Page published
- 30 Sept 2026, 12:31
- Last updated
- 29 Sept 2026, 08:00
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- Pinchain Tourism：世界技能大赛带动上海文旅消费火热 – 品橙旅游 (opens in a new tab)Primary source · zh · Published 29 Sept 2026, 08:00