(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) "May 1" Zero Group Reached Hong Kong Industry in Hong Kong Wants "Local Consumption" to Restart Economy
China News Agency, Hong Kong, May 1 Question: "May 1" zero group visits the Hong Kong industry and hopes that "local consumption" will restart the economy
China News Agency reporter Han Xingtong
May 1st was the first day of the “May Day” Golden Week in the Mainland. Hong Kong was also on a small four-day long vacation. A reporter from China News Service visited many business districts on Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. The lively business district is filled, and no crowds of people are seen.
According to figures from the Hong Kong Immigration Department, the number of arrivals from mainland tourists dropped to double digits in the days near May 1st, while last year's May 1 Golden Week recorded a total of nearly 1 million mainland visitors on the 4th. Chen Zhangleyi, the director general of the Hong Kong Tourism Council (Travel Council), said that Mainland visits to Hong Kong have been suspended since the Lunar New Year. The mainland has not yet resumed cross-provincial, long-distance and cross-border travel. The delegation's visit to Hong Kong is the first time that the Brigade Council has come to Hong Kong without a delegation since the Mainland's registered delegation system was implemented in 2007.
The hotel industry also suffered a heavy blow. The Hong Kong Legislative Council member of the tourism industry Yao Sirong revealed that the occupancy rate of Hong Kong hotels during the "May Day Golden Week" reached 95% last year, and the average of more than 90% last year and the first half of last year. The rate is only 10%.
Under the strict control of entry and exit in various countries and regions around the world, Yao Sirong believes that the industry has already had "in mind" for zero passengers during the "May Day", and has not expected much. On June 7, I hope that the relevant measures can be gradually loosened under the premise that the local epidemic is under control. Yao Sirong envisaged that it could start from the short-distance passenger market and begin to open in parts of Macao and Guangdong that are close to Hong Kong and the epidemic situation is under control.
Regardless of whether it is a mandatory quarantine arrangement applicable to tourists from the Mainland, Macau, Taiwan, or overseas, there is still more than a month to the expiry of the expiry date, but the difficult situation in the tourism industry is hard to come by. To this end, Yao Sirong proposed to start "integrating Hong Kong's tourism resources," multiple cooperation in scenic spots, hotels, transportation, catering, retail and travel agencies "from" local consumption ". For example, Yao Sirong can design some local tourism products to drive local customers to Hotel accommodation and consumption, "If the product is rich in content and the price is right, I believe this approach is feasible and controllable."
Recently, the epidemic has eased and demonstrations have reappeared in multiple districts. Yao Sirong said that the industry is very worried about the social unrest or the recurrence of the epidemic after the end of the epidemic. After the epidemic eased over the past few months, the original tourists' impression of the incident gradually faded. If demonstrations take place again, they will hurt their confidence in Hong Kong's reconstruction and destroy Hong Kong's external image. "(End)