China has previously announced the expansion of the list of free traveling cities in Hong Kong and Macao. Since Wednesday (March 6), residents of Xi'an and Qingdao can handle personal travel to Hong Kong and Macao.The Hong Kong Travel Development Agency stated that it will launch tourism promotion activities in Xi'an and Qingdao in the short term.The tourism industry believes that shortly after the Spring Festival, I believe that it will not be reflected in the May 1 Gold Week to reflect the effect of adding free cities.
Comprehensive Ming Daily and Sing Tao Daily reported that Liang Yaolin, chairman of the Hong Kong Immigration Tourism Association, said that there is no special inquiry from Xi'an and Qingdao passengers for the time being, and it will take another week.He said that the industry is welcome to open more free cities, but free travel may not help travel agencies. Because most passengers in the two cities will take planes and high -speed rail to Hong Kong, the industry will provide hotels and tickets such as hotels and air tickets. It is expected that hotels and onlineThe intermediary platform will benefit.
Cui Dingbang, the director of the Hong Kong Tourism Promotion Association, said that the spring vacation of the mainland has just ended and it has just returned for a week. There may not be too many mainland tourists to choose to travel in March.It is not until May 1 Golden Week to reflect the situation.He expects that most passengers in Xi'an and Qingdao are traveling in the form of multi -station, and they will first depart from Shenzhen to visit Hong Kong.
A spokesman for the Hong Kong Travel Development Bureau responded to the media inquiry that the central government announced that the "personal tour" plan was promoted to Xi'an and Qingdao.Social platform Xiaohongshu, Douyin, WeChat and Weibo upload posts, conveying information on Xi'an and Qingdao passengers to travel to Hong Kong through "personal travel", as well as providing Hong Kong attractions to promotion and trial experience.
Zhang Qiteng, director of Hong Kong China Travel Visitcating International Hotel Management Co., Ltd., said that it is expected that starting from the middle of the month, more Xi'an and Qingdao passengers will come to Hong Kong, and it is expected to stay in Hong Kong for two to three nights.
Zhang Qiteng expects that from the end of March to April, there should be more free travelers in two cities to Hong Kong.He said that the house price of Hong Kong off -season hotels is about 600 yuan (Hong Kong dollars, the same below, about S $ 102) to 700 yuan, and the mainland holidays are relatively expensive, or 800 to 900 yuan. "I hope that tourists will not return because house prices are too expensive to return.Shenzhen".
He also said that the hotel passengers prefer the hotel a week before traveling. At present, the reservation rate of the hotel on Easter is about 30 % to 40 %, and the government plans to hold fireworks and drone performances every month.I believe it can attract more tourists and drive Hong Kong's consumption and catering industry.
The State Council of China approved the increase in Xi'an and Qingdao City to travel to Hong Kong and Macao for the Chinese mainland.Mainland China has gradually opened up some cities in Hong Kong and Macau in 2003. By 2007, a total of 49 mainland cities opened residents to Hong Kong and Macao personal tour.With the addition of Xi'an and Qingdao, the applicable cities in China to Hong Kong and Macao's personal tour plan have increased to 51.
