TOKYO/ FUKUOKA -- Alibaba Group Holding and Kyushu Railway announced Monday a partnership aimed at drawing more Chinese tourists to Kyushu island, the third largest in Japan.
Kyushu Railway is a company under Japan Railways Group and operates hotels and restaurants, and organizes package tours in the region. Under the agreement, Alibaba will sell Kyushu Railways' tour packages, rail tickets and hotel rooms on its travel site "Fliggy" which is visited by 10 million users each day. In return, Kyushu Railway will install Alibaba's mobile payment service Alipay in its group companies.
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