The Hong Kong Tourism Board said that, driven by a series of winter festivals, it is confident that the number of visitors can exceed 30 million throughout the year.
The Zhitong Finance app learned that the Hong Kong Tourism Board announced on November 15 that the initial number of visitors to Hong Kong in October this year was about 3.46 million. Among them, the Southeast Asian market recovered strongly. Compared with the same period in 2017 and 2018, the number of visitors from the Philippines and Thailand has recovered to more than 90%. The first 10 months of this year recorded about 26.8 million visitors to Hong Kong, exceeding the Bureau's expectations of about 25.8 million visitors in January this year. The Hong Kong Tourism Board said that, driven by a series of winter festivals, it is confident that the number of visitors can exceed 30 million throughout the year.
In addition, the Hong Kong Tourism Board also revealed that starting on the 9th of next month, the Hong Kong Colorful Winter Parade will hold a total of 8 water fireworks shows over 3 consecutive weekends and over the Christmas holidays, that is, including Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and the day after Christmas. For the first time, there will be a number of festival-limited fireworks displays. Each fireworks show will last about 10 minutes. Starting next Friday, a giant Christmas tree over 10 meters tall will be placed at the Sea Show Lawn Art Park in Hong Kong's West Kowloon Cultural District.