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,…
A multiple-entry scheme granting Shenzhen residents unlimited trips to Hong Kong is likely to be expanded this year to cover travellers from other mainland Chinese cities, the city’s sole representative in the nation’s top legislative body has said, while calling for Beijing and Shanghai’s inclusion under the policy. Delegate Starry Lee Wai-king of the National…
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It’s not often that a business turnaround stuns the public, but the recent announcement from Hong Kong Disneyland Resort is nothing short of extraordinary. After nearly a decade of losses, the theme park has reported a record net profit and all-time high visitor numbers. How did it turn its fortunes around? What seems magical was…
Chinese e-commerce giant Taobao’s first commercial space in Hong Kong, a furniture and lifestyle store co-run with local home repair platform Papabo, has drawn crowds eager to try the products before placing orders online. On Saturday, about 100 shoppers queued outside PapaHome at China Hong Kong City in Tsim Sha Tsui, for the opening of…
A new year brings hope and opportunity. That appears to be the case with the government’s drive to reboot tourism following the devastating Covid pandemic. While mainland China’s “golden week” Spring Festival break boosted arrivals and consumption, a lot more needs to be done to strengthen Hong Kong’s appeal to visitors from near and far….
Hong Kong should seek to expand its multiple-entry visa scheme for Shenzhen residents to cover Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou to attract more overnight visitors, a lawmaker has said, as a tourism industry leader revealed the number of inbound travellers over the Lunar New Year period had fallen from 2024. The existing policy allows Shenzhen residents…
Hong Kong restaurant diners spent HK$27.6 billion (US$3.5 billion) in the fourth quarter of last year, a small increase in year-on-year sales, with the government attributing the growth to a recovering mainland Chinese economy and improvements in local tourism and market sentiment. Provisional data released by the Census and Statistics Department on Thursday showed the…
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…