Before the Lunar New Year, the Hong Kong government relaxed the prevention measures and cleaned up the premium with the mainland. Huang Jiahe, the chairman of the Hong Kong Catering Association, said that now the catering industry is resumed.This month's overall industry business amount can exceed HK $ 10 billion (about S $ 1.7 billion).
The Huang family and Monday (January 23) said in a recording visit in the Radio program of Hong Kong that after the Hong Kong government relaxed epidemic prevention measures at the end of last year, the group worship and spring campaign during the Lunar New Year were quite prosperous. In addition, this year was this year.Shuangchun and Lei Monthly, the wedding banquet has a good response, and the business amount of the catering industry has returned to the level of 90 % before the epidemic.
He said that in the past, passengers accounted for about 10 % of the catering industry. At present, they all rely on Hong Kong citizens to consume. With the relaxation of epidemic prevention measures, many citizens have some impact on the industry.
As for when it can be fully recovered, the Huang family, although Lugang has cleared the level, there are many new cases in the mainland daily. I believe that more mainland tourists will come to Hong Kong for a long time.It is expected that the normal state will be restored in the second half of this year.
Xu Wang Meilun, chairman of the Hong Kong Tourism Council, also recording the same program on the 23rd. It is expected that the business of the tourism industry will not return to the level before the epidemic until the middle of next year.
Xu Wang Meilun believes that tourism is part of life, so he has confidence in the tourism industry in Hong Kong in the next year. In addition, Hong Kong has completed large -scale infrastructure in the past few years, and has re -positioned.
However, she said that because the airlines and hands are not prepared, it is estimated that the business of the tourism industry will return to the level before the epidemic until the middle of the year.
Xu Wang Meilun hopes that the Hong Kong government and the Travel Development Bureau will also launch real discounts in addition to large -scale publicity, such as short -term preferential airport taxes to stimulate the number of entry passengers.