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…
Hong Kong e-payment service provider Octopus recorded HK$100 million (US$12.9 million) worth of transactions by tourists over the National Day “golden week” holiday from October 1 to 7, a 30 per cent increase from the same period last year. The company on Tuesday also said the number of active users of “tourist mobile Octopus” tripled…
When millions of Chinese flew abroad for the “golden week” holiday, not all plans involved visiting museums, high-rolling in casinos or relaxing on a beach – many ended up touring university campuses in Singapore. Chinese parents, known to go the distance to give their children the academic edge, used their holiday to size up higher…
More than 13 million journeys were made across mainland China’s borders during the recent “golden week” holiday, almost reaching pre-pandemic levels, according to the country’s immigration authorities. The week-long holiday – which this year started on October 1, China’s National Day, and ended on Monday – is traditionally one of the country’s main travel periods…
Alipay, China’s leading mobile payment service operated by Ant Group, reported a surge in outbound and inbound tourism transactions during the mainland’s “golden week” National Day holiday, as consumer confidence appears to rebound following Beijing’s large-scale stimulus measures introduced ahead of that annual break. During the first four days of the holiday, which began last…
Electric vehicle (EV) dealers did brisk sales on the mainland during the “golden week” holiday, with the soon-to-end government subsidies pushing buyers to hasten their decisions. However, market observers warned of a slowdown in EV sales if the incentives are scrapped next year, just as they did in January 2023 when the subsidies were phased…
Hong Kong welcomed nearly 1 million mainland Chinese visitors in the first five days of the National Day “golden week” break, a 35 per cent increase from the same period last year, according to local immigration authorities. Director of Immigration Benson Kwok Joon-fung also estimated on Sunday that the city would record 300 million arrival…
Hong Kong’s recent stock market boom has helped to give restaurants a boost in business, while mainland China’s “golden week” holiday has spurred an uptick in occupancy rates at some small and medium-sized hotels, industry leaders have said. They also said on Saturday that hotels were adapting to a change in booking patterns and offering…
Hong Kong’s recent stock market boom has helped to give restaurants a boost in business, while mainland China’s “golden week” holiday has spurred an uptick in occupancy rates at some small and medium-sized hotels, industry leaders have said. They also said on Saturday that hotels were adapting to a change in booking patterns and offering…