China Tourism Group Duty Free Corporation established in 1984, it has become the largest travel retail operator in the world primarily focusing on sales of high-quality duty-free and duty-paid merchandise to domestic and international travelers and mid- to high-end customers, forming an all-round shopping experience. According to Frost & Sullivan, its worldwide ranking by sales revenue with a 24.6% market share of the global travel retail industry in 2021.

The Group have developed China’s travel retail business with duty-free as its core strength and seek to increase its global presence. It is the only retail operator in China covering all duty-free sales channels (which include port stores, offshore stores, downtown stores, cruise stores, inflight stores and ship-supply stores).

As of 5 Aug 2022, the Group operated 193 stores, including 184 stores in 100 cities across 28 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions in China. It also operates nine duty-free stores overseas, including seven in Hong Kong, Macau and Cambodia and two cruise duty-free stores. Its merchandise primarily includes mid- to high-end perfume and cosmetics, fashion and accessories (such as watches, jewelry, clothing and accessories), tobacco and liquor, food and miscellaneous goods.