Visit California launches celebrity China social media campaign


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Tourism boards throughout the U.S. will be monitoring Visit California's social media campaign in China to see how it fares. It should be noted, too, that Visit California isn't relying on Brand USA to do its marketing, but is going into China on its own to grab as many visitors as it can.

Visit California has fielded offices in Beijing and Shanghai since 2008, but this month it launched its first consumer campaign in China, and it enlisted Chinese film star Gao Yuanyuan to help push its localized social media drive. For starters, a dozen LED billboard screens in Shanghai and online banner ads pointed potential California tourists to Visit Cali