The government of Chengdu recently released a series of incentives to attract more foreign transit tourists to use its 72-hour visa-free policy.
Southwestern China’s Chengdu city recently announced its development targets for the tourism industry in 2014, aiming to receive a total of 186 million tourists and generate tourism revenue of 166.3 billion yuan ($ 27.4 billion), up by 25 percent.
The country's index of tourist satisfaction stood at 74.88 in 2013, a drop of 5.78 from the previous year.
Chengdu ranks third among 60 tourism cities in China in 2013, according to a report by the China Tourism Academy released during the 2014 City Tourism Development Strategy Seminar held in Chengdu.