The Our Hong Kong Foundation – a top think tank established by former Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee-Hwa – has unveiled 14 measures that it says will give a boost to Hong Kong’s ailing tourism and retail sector, the South China Morning Post reports.
Ryan Ip, the foundation’s vice-president, described Hong Kong tourism’s recovery as “unsatisfactory” and told the Post that “the industry is in the grip of several challenges.”
Ip mentioned travel hurdles, the high cost of accommodation and the “city’s lack of novelty” as reasons for the sluggish market.
He also highlighted “disorganised events” as a tourism turnoff. The comment comes two weeks after soccer icon Lionel Messi failed to take to the pitch in a highly anticipated match between his team Inter Miami and a Hong Kong invitational side. The fiasco caused fury among fans, who had travelled from as far as Australia and South Korea to watch him play.
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