More than 1.21 million mainland tourists National Day Golden Week visits to Hong Kong

Hong Kong official data shows that more than 1.21 million mainland tourists visited Hong Kong during the seven -day holiday of the National Day Golden Week, which is higher than the expected expectations of the Hong Kong government.

The comprehensive network media "Hong Kong 01" and Point News reported that the National Day Golden Week seven -day holiday on Monday (October 7) ended.The latest data from the Hong Kong Immigration Department shows that during this period, tourists visited Hong Kong have accumulated 1.216,568.The Hong Kong Government earlier predicts that this year's National Day Golden Week will attract approximately 1.15 million to 1.2 million mainland tourists to visit Hong Kong.

On the whole, there are more than 200,000 mainland tourists visiting Hong Kong on October 1st and 2nd.On the date of view, 221,600 mainland passengers visited Hong Kong on the National Day on October 1, setting a new high after the epidemic, which was nearly 25%of only 177,000 people on October 1 last year.On October 2nd, 218,000 mainland tourists visited Hong Kong. On October 3, 196,000 mainland tourists visited Hong Kong. On the last day of the Golden Week holiday (October 7), 106,000 mainland tourists visited Hong Kong.

Yang Shufen, director of the Hong Kong Tourism Parliament, said that there are 1,100 tourists in the Golden Week this year, more than the original estimated 850th group.The proportion of overnight passengers also increased from about 50 % last year to more than 70 %.

Cui Dingbang, the director of the Hong Kong Tourism Promotion Association, described the tourism grand occasion of the Hong Kong National Day Golden Week with "Ding Cai Liang Wang".He said that there are many passengers visiting and spending on traditional tourist attractions such as Tsim Sha Tsui and Starlight Avenue, but some of the merchants from some tourist spots report that there are insufficient golden tourists, including Saigon, Shatoujiao and other places, hoping that the Hong Kong government will do more publicity in social media.