Even as geopolitical tensions rise, cities across Asia are competing for global travellers and Hong Kong must lean into what makes it truly irreplaceable. Beyond relying on the city’s signature skyline and retail scene to draw visitors, we need a unique blending of grass-roots traditions and youthful creative energy to further bolster the tourism sector….
Even as geopolitical tensions rise, cities across Asia are competing for global travellers and Hong Kong must lean into what makes it truly irreplaceable. Beyond relying on the city’s signature skyline and retail scene to draw visitors, we need a unique blending of grass-roots traditions and youthful creative energy to further bolster the tourism sector….
PUBLISHED : 11 May 2025 at 12:14 Small Medium Large The East Dam of High Island Reservoir is a popular spot for tourists. (Photo: South China Morning Post) Tourist growth numbers during the recent Labour Day “golden week” holiday were higher than originally forecast, Hong Kong’s No. 2 official said on Saturday,…
Nearly two-thirds of visitors in tour groups who visited Hong Kong over the Labour Day “golden week” holiday opted for overnight stays, according to industry leaders, who have called for better crowd control measures and guides to be trained to meet the growing demand for more in-depth travel experiences. Fanny Yeung Shuk-fun, executive director of…
Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP) is launching another batch of flats in its Sierra Sea project in the New Territories following two consecutive sold-out weekends in one of Hong Kong’s largest residential projects in more than a quarter century. On Wednesday, Hong Kong’s largest developer will offer 150 flats in the 9,700-unit project in Shap…
Hong Kong rail giant the MTR Corporation has pledged to upgrade its internet capacity after scores of travellers, many of whom were mainland Chinese, were stuck at a border station struggling to generate their QR code tickets with an overloaded network during the Labour Day “golden week” holiday. Passengers at Lok Ma Chau station spent…
Hong Kong rail giant the MTR Corporation has pledged to upgrade its internet capacity after scores of travellers, many of whom were mainland Chinese, were stuck at a border station struggling to generate their QR code tickets with an overloaded network during the Labour Day “golden week” holiday. Passengers at Lok Ma Chau station spent…
Hong Kong has recorded more residents leaving the city at the beginning of the five-day Labour Day “golden week” holiday than mainland Chinese tourists coming in, with many inbound visitors favouring sightseeing, shopping and hiking. As of 10am on Thursday, nearly 63,000 mainland Chinese tourists had flocked to Hong Kong while more than 80,000 city…
Hong Kong welcomed more than 4.7 million visitors in January, the highest monthly figure in the post-pandemic period, the city’s tourism minister revealed on Tuesday, adding that she expected more arrivals in the coming year. Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Rosanna Law Shuk-pui said preliminary data for January showed 4.74 million visitors entered Hong…
Mainland Chinese visitors made more than 400,000 trips to Hong Kong during the past three days before the start of the Lunar New Year “golden week” holiday, a third of the 1.2 million outbound journeys that city residents embarked on over the same period. A representative for a developer said on Tuesday that several shopping…