Restaurateurs and retailers in Hong Kong reported increased foot traffic and business throughout the first four days of mainland China’s Labour Day “golden week” break compared with last year, but the number of departing locals was still nearly 50 per cent more than incoming visitors.
Data from Hong Kong’s Immigration Department also showed that travellers made 987,636 inbound trips from last Thursday to Sunday of this week, with mainland tourists accounting for about 84 per cent of the tally.
The number of trips made by mainlanders over the four days stood at 832,489, representing a 24 per cent increase from the same period last year. But it still fell short of the 997,663 recorded during the first four days of the 2019 Labour…
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