Hong Kong Passenger Arrivals Fell 99.9% Year-On-Year In May
On June 15th, the Hong Kong Tourism Board released data showing that in May 2020, the preliminary statistics of the number of visitors to Hong Kong were 8,139, a decrease of 99.9% year-on-year, and the average daily number of visitors to Hong Kong was about 260, an increase of nearly one from April. Times. In the first five months of this year, the preliminary statistics of visitors to Hong Kong were 3.501 million, a year-on-year decrease of 88.2%.
According to data from the Hong Kong Tourism Development Board, preliminary statistics of visitors to Hong Kong in April 2020 were about 4,100, down nearly 100% year-on-year.
Hong Kong Tourism Board Chairman Peng Yaojia said that due to the continuous implementation of strict immigration and quarantine isolation measures, the number of visitors to Hong Kong remained at a very low level, which fell by nearly 100% year-on-year in May. The overall strategy of the Hong Kong Tourism Board to revive the tourism industry will start from the local level, encourage Hong Kong people to travel in Hong Kong, and arouse the atmosphere, thereby sending a positive message to the world and increasing the confidence of tourists to visit Hong Kong in the future.
According to the Hong Kong Tourism Board, affected by the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, various levels of immigration restrictions are implemented around the world. It is expected that citizens may not be able to travel abroad in the short term, so they launched the “Tourism · Just in Hong Kong” plan to encourage citizens to be their own tourists. Peng Yaojia pointed out that he hopes that this plan will allow the industry to “warm up” visitors in the future. When individual source markets meet the conditions for visiting Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Tourism Board will extend the plan’s tourism and consumption information and discounts to tourists and join “Airline + hotel” and other concessions attract travelers to Hong Kong.
Currently, Hong Kong Disneyland announced that it will reopen on June 18, and Hong Kong Ocean Park has officially resumed operations on June 13.
