After the Hong Kong society is fully resumed, the first "May 1" Golden Week was ushered in the first Saturday (April 29th). It is expected that about 600,000 mainland tourists will visit Hong Kong during a five -day holiday.However, whether Hong Kong's tourism industry has sufficient carrying capacity, and whether Hong Kong's tourism charm is like the past, it has attracted attention.
April 29th to May 3rd is the long holiday of China May Day Golden Week.In the past few days, a large number of mainlanders have flooded in Hong Kong and often saw some mainland tourists pushing their suitcases on the streets of Mong Kok.
Another popular point of tourism -the famous luxury store in Guangdong Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, from time to time, there are tourists waiting in line to enter the shop.Some mainland passengers pointed out that three days when they came to Hong Kong this time, there was no cost of spending. So far, it has spent more than 30,000 Hong Kong dollars (about S $ 5100) buying bags and wallets. "Buy if you like it."
The chairman of the Hong Kong Tourism Council Xu Wang Meilun said in a radio program last Saturday that this year is the first May 1 Golden Week in Hong Kong after the epidemic of the crown disease, and the industry has expectations.She expected about 600,000 mainland tourists to visit Hong Kong during the May Day Golden Week, most of which are "scattered passengers", that is, free travelers.
In the mainland tour group, Xu Wangmei believes that there will be about 68 travel groups to visit Hong Kong, less than 150 to 200 groups before the epidemic.However, she believes that this situation is normal and is expected, because even if the two places are fully cleared by Lu and Hong Kong, they still have not fully responded to the level before the epidemic.
Xu Wang Meilun pointed out that in addition to the tourism industry, the Hong Kong catering and retail industry are full of expectations for this year's May 1 Gold Week, and the Hong Kong government and all walks of life have the ability to receive these passengers.In order to guide passengers, the Hong Kong Railway, high -speed rail, and Hong Kong -Zhuhai -Macao Bridge shuttle buses have been added.
In fact, this year's May 1 Golden Week brought a lot of business opportunities to many industries in Hong Kong.Li Jiahao, general manager of Hong Kong Terram Group, who runs "Victoria Harbor Tour", said that the booking of "Victoria Harbor" during May 1st was about 20 to 30 % more than usual, and it has reached 7 to 80 %.
He pointed out that since the resumption of customs clearance in Hong Kong and the mainland, the company's business has returned to the level before the epidemic, and people need to be sent to maintain services. At present"Victoria Harbor Tour" itinerary.
David Liang, the chairman of the Hong Kong Hotel Industry Association, pointed out that there are 100,000 rooms in Hong Kong hotels and more than 10,000 hotel rooms.Many hotels have only more than 20 % of the overall occupancy rate.As the May 1st holiday came, the occupancy rate rose, and the overall closure rate of the hotel rose to 50 % to 70 %.
However, Liang Fangyuan, chairman of the Hong Kong Tourism Union Federation, criticized that housing prices in some hotels in Hong Kong rose sharply during May 1st.Some hotels located in Yau Ma Tei, Dajiao Tsui, Tsuen Wan and Tsing Yi have a house price of about 700 Hong Kong dollars per night after the restoration, but the price increases to more than 2,000 Hong Kong dollars per night during the May Day holiday.There is a tour of the mainland's visit to Hong Kong.
After the full customs clearance of Lugang, it also highlights the insufficient tourism carrying capacity.Earlier, the mainland passengers forced the area of Tugua Bay, which caused dissatisfaction among residents in the area.
The convener of the "Following the Capital Drives the People's League" of the grass -roots service work in the district Lin Bo, who was engaged in grass -roots service work, pointed out in the interview with Lianhe Morning Post that the "registered store" receiving a tour group and the "group meal" restaurants were highly concentrated in the high degree of concentration inHongyu and Tugua Bay areas.At noon dinner time of the earlier days, more than a thousand passengers with one or two hundred tour groups gathered in the narrow sidewalks and waited for the restaurant.
However, Lin Bo inspected on the spot on the first day of the May Day Golden Week on Saturday. Seeing that different government departments sent people to monitor the scene, the order on the spot was roughly stable, and the problem had improved.However, he believes that in the long run, it is necessary to solve the problem of Tugua Bay mainland tour groups. The official should ask travel agencies to increase the dietary costs of passengers, so that more restaurants are willing to receive passengers to diversify the flow of people and avoid a large number of people flowing in a certain area during diet.
Lin Bo pointed out that in addition, the official should also invite travel agencies to discuss the itinerary to distract the tourist locations of different tour groups to avoid allowing the Tugua Bay Area to be alone to bear the flow of tourists alone and reduce the life of the residents of the Tuwu Bay Area.Impact.
On the other hand, Hong Kong, as the advantage of "shopping capital,", has facing the challenge near the city.The latest survey released by Global Consulting McKinsey in early March this year shows that passengers in the Guangdong -Hong Kong -Macao Greater Bay Area are still interested in Hong Kong tourism, but Hong Kong's advantages in shopping, financial services and medical centers are also decreasing.The survey visited 1,155 residents who were interested in visiting the mainland of the Greater Bay Area in Hong Kong in the next 12 months. One -third of them had planned to visit Hong Kong, but 10%to 15%said that they will reduce consumption in Hong Kong in the next three years.Instead, buy luxury goods in Hainan or Macau, and choose to purchase cosmetics and health products.
Hong Kong current affairs commentator Zhu Jiajian pointed out in an interview with Lianhe Morning Post that after three years of epidemic, the service level of Hong Kong's tourism industry has declined significantly. At present, it is only relying on the old signature of the "tourist paradise" to attract tourists.Continuously shrink.
Zhu Jiajian believes that the tourism industry is one of the main pillars of the Hong Kong economy. The Hong Kong government needs to re -position the tourism industry in Hong Kong, including the development of deep experience tourism, and strengthening the training industry personnel to improve the quality of tourism services.
