Cross-Border Travel between Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macao to Resume Next Week

Cross-border journey between mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau will absolutely resume from February 6, with no superior reservation requirement and no cap on the variety of passengers arriving from these two particular administrative areas through land ports in Guangdong province, in accordance to the State Council’s Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism – the nation’s high COVID-19 management activity power.

After the information was launched, numerous vacationers logged into Tongcheng Travel, a ticket-ordering platform, to seek for tourism-related data in Hong Kong and Macao. The reputation of tourism search in Hong Kong and Macao immediately elevated by 371% and 324% respectively. Tourists who listen to Hong Kong primarily come from Guangdong, Fujian, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and different provinces and cities.

According to the statistics of Mafengwo, a Chinese journey SNS web site, Hong Kong inns had been probably the most searched content material for vacationers, and meals and visitors had been probably the most searched key phrases. The search quantity of “Shenzhen to Hong Kong” rose by 150%, and “Hong Kong Cuisine” rose by 133%.

According to knowledge collected by Qunar, a Chinese on-line journey company, the search quantity of round-trip air tickets to Hong Kong elevated sevenfold inside half an hour for the reason that information was launched. According to Fliggy, a number one on-line journey platform backed by Alibaba, the search quantity of air tickets to Hong Kong and Macao has doubled, amongst which residents in Shanghai, Chengdu, Beijing, Hangzhou, Xiamen and different cities appear to have probably the most curiosity to go to.

According to Trip.com’s statistics, as of February 1, there have been practically 270 direct flights from Mainland China to Hong Kong each week. According to common fares offered in the newest seven days, the costs of greater than 20% of direct flights to Hong Kong had been decrease than these of the identical interval in 2019, and the costs of Cathay Pacific’s two direct flights from Hangzhou and Nanjing to Hong Kong had been greater than 30% decrease than these in 2019.

In reality, as a part of the “Hello Hong Kong” marketing campaign, which was launched on February 2, 500,000 air tickets and consumption coupons masking eating places, inns, scenic spots and retailers, shall be given away over the subsequent six months, beginning in March. This information has already pushed the recognition of Hong Kong to a brand new excessive.

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Air tickets with a complete worth of HK $2 billion ($254 million) shall be given out by way of three of Hong Kong’s carriers – Cathay Pacific, HK Express and Hong Kong Airlines. Most of those air tickets are for short-haul routes, masking mainland China, Japan, South Korea and some Southeast Asian international locations.

According to Mafengwo, vacationers from first-tier and new first-tier cities accounted for greater than 50% of the guests to Macao this 12 months. It is anticipated that from February 6, vacationers from second-tier and third-and fourth-tier cities to Macao will see a considerable enhance.

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