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4th May 2025 – (Hong Kong) Hong Kong’s golden arches have long served as more than just a fast-food chain—they are now a de facto community living space, seamlessly blending budget-conscious mainland tourists with the city’s homeless population. During the May Day Golden Week, this unlikely coexistence reached new heights as dozens of Mainland visitors…
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle‘s son, Prince Archie, and daughter, Princess Lilibet, will probably never be allowed to visit the United Kingdom, as expressed recently by the Duke of Sussex. This has emerged following a very important court judgment that declined a request by Harry for the granting of automatic protection by the police to…
Hong Kong’s restaurants expect a modest 5 per cent rise in business at most during the “golden week” holiday despite visitor numbers increasing by a third over the first two days, as mainland Chinese tourists have tightened their purse strings, industry leaders have said. Hong Kong welcomed 567,928 visitors on Thursday and Friday, the first…
【Now新聞台】不少旅客選擇到澳門遊玩，當地旅遊業界指，內地和香港旅客都錄得雙位數增長，酒店入住率亦逾九成。在澳門傳統旅遊景點官也街，下午人頭湧湧，手信店和小食店都逼滿人。佛山遊客盧小姐：「挺好玩，除了大三巴以外，還有這官也街，吃的也挺不錯。之前去過香港，澳門之前也來過，但更喜歡來澳門。」也有旅客指會「一程多站」，一次過到訪不同地方。上海遊客刑先生：「沒想到當地(澳門)旅遊環境非常友善，對我們內地過來的非常友好，一點隔閡都沒有。機票非常難訂，我們前天到廣州，在廣州待一天，昨天(周五)下午到這邊，順道去香港待兩個晚上，從深圳回去。」牛雜和豬扒包等特色小食非常受歡迎，商戶特意預備更多食材。小食店店員陳小姐：「人流多，人流比平時假期多約一半。這三天都會多，較平日假期多三分一生意。做不停，一開工做到收工。」當局預計五一黃金周期間，官也街每日會有四萬人次到訪，所以劃分一個行人專用區，以便疏導人流。澳門旅遊業界指，長假期首三日酒店入住率超過九成，過夜客主要是非廣東省旅客。澳門旅遊業議會會長胡景光：「看到(黃金周)首兩日旅客數字創新高，內地和香港市場都錄得雙位數增長，六成旅客會即日來回模式來澳門旅遊 Source link
China’s consumer goods trade-in program is driving a surge in domestic spending and boosting demand for high-quality appliances, with the Labor Day holiday sparking greater consumer enthusiasm. This initiative dates back to March 2024, when an action plan was introduced to encourage large-scale equipment renewal and consumer goods trade-ins. In January, the program was further…
Thor Pedersen’s wedding day was a strange affair. Wearing a new suit he’d had tailored in Hong Kong, he was alone in his Kwai Chung flat while his Danish fiancée, Le, was more than 8,000km away in Denmark. Due to the different time zones, they didn’t even get married on the same day. “It was…
The five-day May Day holiday in China, which began on Thursday, has brought a diverse range of vibrant activities across the country, enhancing people’s holiday experiences and filling the air with a joyful and celebratory atmosphere. On the first day of the break, the ancient city of Kashgar in southwestern Xinjiang saw a surge in…
3rd May 2025 – (Hong Kong) A Mainland tourist recently expressed frustration during his visit to Hong Kong when he encountered difficulties using hotel power outlets. He discovered that Hong Kong employs three-pronged plugs, unlike the two-pronged plugs used in mainland China. In a video he posted, he attempted to insert his mainland plug but…
An overseas student practices Chinese calligraphy during a study tour in Shijiazhuang, North China’s Hebei province, April 26, 2025. (PHOTO / XINHUA) BRUSSELS – For Dutch traveler Sebastian Behringer, China opened up with a click — no visa lines, no paperwork, just a last-minute decision and a flight. What he found was a country where…
2nd May 2025 – (Beijing) China’s transport services reported a significant surge in passenger numbers on Thursday, the first day of the May Day holiday, signalling robust tourism demand and economic activity.According to data released by the Ministry of Transport on Friday, a total of 332.7 million inter-regional passenger trips were made on Thursday, an…