As of 9pm, more than 173,000 mainland Chinese visitors had crossed into the city while about 295,800 people, including roughly 184,440 residents, had left, according to data from the Immigration Department.
The golden week holiday runs from May 1 to 5 on the mainland, and Hong Kong hosted a fireworks display on Wednesday to kick-off the celebrations despite earlier concerns the show might be cancelled due to the poor weather.
“As there may be a fireworks display tonight, there may be better business and flow of people later, about a 10 per cent rise compared with regular days,” Wong said.
“Still, there will be a drop of about 10 per cent in earnings compared with last year given visitors’ changing spending habits. This is the reality and industry bosses have been worried about it.”
Hong Kong welcomes nearly 140,000 mainland visitors as ‘golden week’ break starts
Hong Kong welcomes nearly 140,000 mainland visitors as ‘golden week’ break starts
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