Hong Kong wants a extra complete and coordinated strategy to spice up tourism, similar to by selling the Nationwide Video games alongside different concurrent occasions, trade representatives have mentioned, highlighting challenges going through the sector.
Regardless of a post-pandemic surge within the variety of arrivals, the representatives additionally famous rising developments required extra promotion and that guests had been now skipping conventional vacationer points of interest.
“We’re nonetheless observing whether or not the Nationwide Video games will carry a variety of guests to Hong Kong,” Caspar Tsui Ying-wai, government director of the Federation of Hong Kong Lodge Homeowners, instructed a radio present on Wednesday.
“We will see that Macau is placing a variety of effort into the promotion of the Nationwide Video games, which is being bundled up with the Macau Grand Prix. Will lots of people come to Hong Kong with us simply sitting round? I believe extra must be achieved.”
The Nationwide Video games are scheduled to happen between November 9 and 21 in Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong province, whereas the annual racing match in Macau might be held from November 13 to 16.
Hong Kong tourism minister Rosanna Legislation Shuk-pui revealed on Monday that the town welcomed 5.15 million guests final month, marking a 16 per cent progress 12 months on 12 months, hitting a post-Covid excessive.