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By Brian Cheng West Kowloon Cultural District says this year’s International Cultural Summit will “demonstrate Hong Kong’s commitment to acting as an East-meets-West centre for international cultural exchange.“ The same phrase frequently crops up in campaigns by the Tourism Board and fellow government departments. It has become especially popular since it was mentioned in the state’s latest Five-year Plan, and subsequently in the city government’s policy address. The chairman of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council claimed in a press release that the city is “an international metropolis with...
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The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is to introduce measures on tourist flow management on campus following an influx of visitors from the mainland. Local media have reported on the grounds being as “crowded as Disney,” with mainland tourists barging into lecture halls for photo-taking during lectures. The Pok Fu Lam campus has sky-rocketed in popularity among Chinese tourists following recommendations on social media platform Xiaohongshu. But residents and students have long complained of the influx of crowds, queues for the MTR and disturbances, leading to signs across campus reminding visitor...
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The tourism board invited over 2,000 trade and media stakeholders, bloggers, celebrities, and key opinion leaders (KOLs) from mainland China, Southeast Asia and Europe in 2023 to visit and help “tell the good story of Hong Kong.” Chinese bloggers with large followings on Xiaohongshu, Douyin, Weibo and Bilibili were among those targeted, alongside Hollywood movie stars, Acting Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Raistlin Lau said in a legislative reply to lawmaker Chan Chun-ying on Wednesday. Each were invited to “come to Hong Kong to experience [its] diverse tourism features and share th...
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Beijing’s move to expand a travel scheme for mainland residents to visit Hong Kong shows President Xi Jinping’s care and support for the city, Chief Executive John Lee has said. Beijing announced on Friday afternoon that residents from two more cities – Xian and Qingdao – are allowed to visit Hong Kong on an individual visa. Currently, residents from 49 cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Wuhan can visit Hong Kong under the individual visit scheme. The National Immigration Administration of China said on Friday in a Chinese statement that the expanded travel scheme will come into effect on Ma...
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