Hong Kong travel agencies are capitalising on the National Games by offering package tours for mainland Chinese visitors to attend sporting events in the city this month, with golf and rugby proving most popular. Timothy Chui Ting-pong, executive director of the Hong Kong Tourism Association, said tour groups organised by his company were generally smaller…
Hong Kong recorded a 5 per cent year-on-year rise in mainland Chinese visitors on the first day of the National Day “golden week” break, with industry leaders expecting more arrivals on Thursday and higher spending from long-haul travellers. Immigration figures showed a total of 558,431 inbound trips on Wednesday, marking a 1.27 per cent decrease…
Hong Kong tourism representatives have raised concerns that no tickets for the coming National Games will be allocated to travel groups, and that each person can only buy up to six for regular events, limiting the types of visitor packages that companies can offer. Yeung Sai-hing, general manager of the culture, sport and tourism centre…
Hong Kong tourism representatives have raised concerns that no tickets for the coming National Games will be allocated to travel groups, and that each buyer can only purchase six seats for any event, limiting the types of visitor packages that companies can offer. Yeung Sai-hing, general manager of culture, sport and tourism at China Travel…
Hong Kong collected HK$189 million (US$24.1 million) from a hotel tax on guests for the first quarter following its reintroduction, with industry leaders raising concerns as to whether a HK$1.1 billion annual income target can be met. Industry veterans also called for more government support, saying the tax figures reflected that hotels were struggling and…