Travel as a Business: The Making of Modern Chinese Tourism

On August 12, 1923, in the local news section of the Shenbao newspaper, a brief announcement appeared with the headline “Shanghai Commercial and Savings Bank adds a Travel Department.”¹ This new department planned to sell tickets for different Chinese government railways and to offer pick-up service...

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