2024-01-14 14:37:41
(Xinhua file photo: View of Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong Island, southern China, June 23, 2022)
HONG KONG, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) — China’s Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) on Saturday revealed that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in southern China (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region). It will handle around 34 million trips in 2023, including nearly 4 million visits as of December.
2023 Mainland China remains the largest source of visitors to Hong Kong. With a large number of visitors during the long holiday on Labor Day. summer travel vacation and the Golden Week long holiday in October
The Southeast Asian market has the fastest recovery. By the number of visitors from the Philippines and Thailand in December surpassing pre-pandemic levels (average between 2017-2018) with recovery rates of 116 percent and 106 percent, respectively.
When analyzed by type of traveler group Number of visitors to Hong Kong for conferences, exhibitions and incentive travel It has recovered to approximately 70 percent from pre-pandemic levels. This makes them the group of travelers with the fastest recovery. and surpassing the group of leisure travellers.
among visitors to Hong Kong Half of them are overnight tourists. This is a higher proportion compared to pre-pandemic levels. On average The group of travelers will stay in Hong Kong for 3.6 nights, which is also longer than before the pandemic.
Survey of the committee It was found that overnight tourist satisfaction scores were 8.7 out of 10, which is higher than the level before the pandemic.
Dan Cheng, Executive Director of the Committee Said that the committee It will adjust its travel promotion efforts to meet different market needs in 2024, aiming to increase visitors’ willingness to choose Hong Kong as their favorite travel destination.
Cheng concludes that the committee Want to expand the tourism sector’s contribution to the economy and drive the steady growth of Hong Kong’s tourism industry through large-scale events.
(Xinhua file photo: People along Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong Island, southern China, May 18, 2022)
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