Hong Kong should step up its efforts to collect, share and make use of visitor data, lawmakers have said, as they discussed a motion aimed at strengthening the city’s status as an international tourism hub and its position as a world-class destination. Presenting the non-binding motion on Thursday, tourism lawmaker Perry Yiu Pak-leung called on…
Hong Kong should step up its efforts to collect, share and make use of visitor data, lawmakers have said, as they discussed a motion aimed at strengthening the city’s status as an international tourism hub and its position as a world-class destination. Presenting the non-binding motion on Thursday, tourism lawmaker Perry Yiu Pak-leung called on…
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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, adding that the government would closely track the new preferences of visitors on social media. Chief Secretary Eric Chan Kwok-ki said 1.1 million people visited Hong Kong during the five-day break,…
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, adding that the government would closely track the new preferences of visitors on social media. Chief Secretary Eric Chan Kwok-ki said 1.1 million people visited Hong Kong during the five-day break,…
Hong Kong has recorded a 27 per cent increase in visitor numbers during the “golden week” holiday compared with the same period last year, with most of the arrivals coming from mainland China, authorities have said. Tourism chief Rosanna Law Shuk-pui said on Friday afternoon, the second day of the Labour Day holiday that will…
Nearly 222,000 mainland Chinese visitors arrived in Hong Kong on the first day of the five-day Labour Day “golden week” holiday, a 22 per cent increase from last year. Figures published by the Immigration Department on Friday showed that 264,504 visitors entered the city the day before, up 27 per cent from last year’s 208,806….
An elderly Hong Kong taxi driver suffered back and neck pains after accelerating his vehicle down a three-metre (9.8-foot) slope in Sai Kung. The 66-year-old male driver, surnamed Wu, managed to climb back up after the accident. No passengers were on board his taxi. Police said they received a report at 12.24pm on Saturday about…
The No 1 typhoon signal will remain in force until 10pm on Tuesday, the Hong Kong Observatory has said, adding that Severe Tropical Storm Man-yi has weakened further. As of 9am, Man-yi, now a tropical storm, was estimated to be about 370km south of Hong Kong and is forecast to move west at about 18km/h…
Hong Kong Observatory will issue a No 1 signal on Monday morning as Super Typhoon Man-yi edges closer, while warning that the weather is expected to remain windy and temperatures will fall to 18 degrees Celsius (64.4 Fahrenheit) or below later this week. “Tropical Cyclone Man-yi will enter within 800km [497 miles] of Hong Kong…