Sing Tao Daily News Agency Hong Kong tourism -related industries have successively reduced salary reduction and unpaid leave, and have also become the hardest hit area for the rise of unemployment rates. Chen Maobo, director of the Financial Secretary, revealed in an exclusive interview with this newspaper that the third week of this month's passengers in Hong Kong decreased by annual decrease.Further expanded to more than 40 %, showing that the cold wind of the travel industry became more and more strenuous.Tourism and related industries hire a large number of grass -roots workers. Some netizens have called on Saturday and Sunday to block airport traffic. No matter what demands are fighting, it is not advisable to break through the rice bowl of many grass -roots citizens as a bargain.

In the first half of the year, Hong Kong was dragged down by peripheral factors such as the Sino -US trade war. The economy mainly relied on the increase in consumption of passenger and citizens to maintain growth.At this stage of the trade war, the signs of no signs will end in the short term. Therefore, the role of consumption to stabilize the economy and keep employment is even more important, but the stamina who has entered the consumer -related industry this season has not continued.The layoffs have caused concerns about the further decline in social spending.

The decline in consumption and the most susceptible to the daily life of citizens is that the flow of people in the scenic area and restaurants has been sparse than before. As for shops in the hot spot in the tourism conflict, some of them are in the case of Kanshake, and the clerk is in danger.

Passengers' sharp reduction tide salary reduction

The main reason for the shrinking of consumption is that the number of passengers declined. Hong Kong also recorded the growth of passenger. The summer vacation should have ushered in the peak tourist season. However, the number of passengers in the middle of last month began to fall.The decrease in the second week was expanded to 303 %, and the third week was further expanded to more than 40 %.

During the recent period, the demonstrators were first blocked the traffic from the airport, which caused a large number of passengers and citizens to not get the plane. Then some demonstrators blocked the boarding entrance in the departure lobby and the abuse of the two mainlanders.Thousands of flights were canceled.The continuous demonstration conflict and the confusion of the airport led to more than 20 countries issuing tourism warnings for Hong Kong.

Cathay Pacific's recorded loading capacity last month, but mainland customers declined because the mainland free travelers heard the Hong Kong demonstration and dispelled the idea of visiting Hong Kong.However, with the further deterioration of the situation this month, more passengers will be discouraged, including tourism and business guests. Cathay Pacific is expected to be significantly compressed from this month.

The business is bleak again and again

A large number of tourism and business customers have canceled their visit to Hong Kong. The occupancy rate from Samsung to five -star hotels has dropped sharply. Individuals have fallen by 30 % to 50 %. House prices have been reduced.Consumer industries such as retail and restaurants have fallen, and the boss's compression costs are required to reduce rent and salary reduction, and some of them are more planned to lay off or close.

For employees, some such as tour guides, do not receive the group and stop; some such as retail clerks, do less business to reduce income and make commissions;Salary leave.Faced with the concerns of salary reduction layoffs, citizens' consumption intentions and abilities have decreased, and the market roads are further lowered.

Chen Maobo earlier announced a basket of measures to support enterprises and keeps employment, but the government's rescue power alone was not enough. In order to protect the livelihood of many grass -roots citizens, Hong Kong should not have the actions that hurt the travel industry.Earlier, the three -day ten -day pick -up operation of the airport's entry lobby, and the demonstration on the MTR station at the beginning of this week no longer hinders train services, reflecting that the demonstrators can express their demands in the form of destruction.On Sunday, the traffic that exploded to the airport on Sunday hinders passengers and freight. If their actions became more and more people's rice bowls, they would push more and more citizens to the opposite side.