For domestic consumers, the Shanghai Tourist Card is actually a credit card. Compared with ordinary credit cards, the biggest highlight of tourist cards is that there are many preferential merchants, which are more than 10000 at home and more than 6000 abroad. At present, the domestic banks that can handle tourist cards mainly include: Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Agricultural Bank of China, China Bank, China Construction Bank, Bank of Communications, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank, China CITIC Bank, China Everbright Bank, Minsheng Bank, China Guangfa Bank, Shenzhen Development Bank, Bank of Ningbo Bank, Jiangsu Bank and Hangzhou Bank. Citizens can go to any of the above-mentioned bank outlets and fill in the application form to apply for a Shanghai tourist card for free.

For overseas consumers, Shanghai tourist cards include prepaid cards and debit cards in addition to credit cards, and consumers can apply for them. Overseas, Shanghai tourist cards are mainly used by Japanese Travelex, Hongkong Aeon Credit, Chong Hing Bank, Macau Wing Hang Bank, DBS Group, Korean BC Card Company, Mongolian Gollmut Bank, Lebanese CSC Bank and some overseas branches of China Bank.

According to reports, the Shanghai Tourism Bureau and the relevant card-issuing banks will also provide cardholders with a detailed, comprehensive, convenient and easy-to-understand Shanghai tourism service manual, so as to facilitate cardholders to consult and understand Shanghai tourism information in a timely and fast manner. Relevant parties have also set up a service webpage and a telephone customer service hotline for the Shanghai Tourist Card. Cardholders can accept online credit card consumption and withdrawal at UnionPay cards at home and abroad, and can also enjoy preferential exclusive services covering "food, housing, transportation, travel, shopping and entertainment", safe payment commitment and travel guarantee for Shanghai trip. At present, more than 65,438+000 local merchants in Shanghai provide preferential exclusive services, and nearly 65,438+0000 UnionPay standard card merchants provide product quality and service guarantee, as well as discounts, gifts or points in the fields of tourism, accommodation, catering, ticketing, shopping and so on.

In addition to the function of credit card, the feature of Shanghai Tourist Card is its discount function. Cardholders can enjoy certain discounts as long as they go to the contracted merchants, whether it is tourist attractions, accommodation and entertainment, or leisure shopping. At the same time, cardholders can buy "travel packages" and "special routes" with preferential prices or enjoy discounts. For example, if you buy adult tickets for Madame Tussauds with a Shanghai tourist card, each ticket can be reduced or exempted from 30 yuan; After visiting the sightseeing hall of Shanghai World Financial Center, consumers can get a beautiful gift with the logo of the sightseeing hall. From September 1 day, 2009, cardholders can enjoy the discount of each 20 yuan when purchasing tickets for Changfeng Ocean World, with a limit of 5 tickets per person. In addition, in Yuyuan Small World Club, cardholders can also enjoy a 15% discount.