Hongkonger Shirley Chang, 82, plays pickleball regularly, takes a weekly class to learn Chinese ink painting and teaches her friends how to play bridge. The former businesswoman, who lives with a domestic helper in the Mid-Levels, said she was enjoying her retirement years by staying healthy, maintaining an active lifestyle and searching for new experiences….
PeopleImages / Getty Images/iStockphoto For decades, retirement has been thought of as something workers do once they turn 65 or so. The Social Security Administration played a role in this, as it kept “full retirement age” at 65 for decades until it started inching higher to its current 67 for those born in 1960 or…
2024年，內地旅遊總人次達56.2億，較2023年增加7.24億或14.8%；其中城鎮居民旅遊人次約43.7億，按年上升16.3%；農村居民旅遊人次12.5億，多9.9%；首季、次季、第三季、第四季旅遊人次報14.2億、13.1億、15.1億、13.8億，分別上漲16.7%、11.8%、17.2%、13.2%，旅遊市場在2023年的高基數基礎上仍然保持穩健增長。 全年出行總人次儘管只恢復至2019年的93.5%，但春節、五一、國慶等節日假期的出遊人次及花費則超越了2019年同期水平，行業全年實現收入5.75萬億元（人民幣．下同），按年增加約8400億元或17.1%，略高於2019年【圖1】。 [IMG-3992046|3992046_5aedd7144c8de2ba3de9cca63d9ea427.png|FULL-IMG] 旅遊需求強勁帶來擴張機遇 今年春節，旅遊業繼續呈現火熱態勢，居民出行意願高漲，加上首日長假提前到除夕日，大大提升了除夕當天的文旅消費熱度，全國各地主要景點客流量較前一天上升了四成多，尤其是主題樂園、人文古蹟等景點增幅最大。 據同程旅行（00780）平台數據顯示， Source link
Listen and subscribe to Decoding Retirement on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you find your favorite podcasts. The 401(k) system, introduced in 1978, is showing its age and grappling with significant challenges. Currently, only about 50% of workers have access to these plans through their employers, and the system wasn’t built to accommodate today’s increasingly…
Rob Latour / Shutterstock / Rob Latour / Shutterstock Retirement: the beautiful time of life when you no longer have to work for your money. Instead, your money works for you. And if you’re already well on your way to retirement, congratulations. Read More: 8 Common Mistakes Retirees Make With Their Social Security Checks Find…
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So, after being assured they understood the terms correctly, the couple said yes. “We trusted him,” said Kahn, 73, who lives in Peabody. The salesman said they would get the discounts in credits spread out over 24 months. But when their first statement arrived a month later, there were no credits. When Kahn called the…
80% of retirees are getting this RMD rule wrong ‘out of fear’ — and it could cost them thousands in lost income Many of us have the same goal: we’ll spend our working years putting away money so we have enough saved to draw an adequate income for a comfortable retirement. This dedication to savings…
Can You Guess The Average Net Worth Of The ‘Above Average’ Married Couple? There’s a big difference between the “average” married couple and the “above-average” ones. While some are figuring out how to balance a budget, others plan early retirements, buy vacation homes and make their money work overtime. If average couples are cruising toward…