By South China Morning Post | Created at 2024-09-22 12:03:26 | Updated at 2024-09-30 07:19:46
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Hong Kong is expected to welcome as many as 1.2 million mainland Chinese visitors during the coming National Day “golden week” holiday, up 10 per cent from last year, according to the Travel Industry Council.
The council, a federation of trade associations, also predicted that the number of inbound tour groups could grow by nearly 10 per cent to 850 during the seven-day holiday that starts on October 1.
As well as the golden week boom, the coming months are peak cruise season, with the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau forecasting the year-end number of non-local passengers will surge by about 50 per cent compared with 2023.
Council chairwoman Gianna Hsu Wong Mei-lun on Sunday estimated 1.15 million to 1.2 million mainland visitors would arrive in Hong Kong during the golden week holiday, up from about 1.1 million in 2023.
She said about 30,000 of the mainland visitors could arrive via 850 tour groups, with most spending a night in the city. Last year, 780 tour groups with 26,800 visitors arrived during the break.
