Hong Kong arrivals up 20% year-on-year in April, says Tourism Board – but figures still lag behind pre-pandemic era
The city saw 3,391,381 visitors in 2024, the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) said in a Tuesday press release – 73.23 per cent of which were from the mainland. But compared to April 2019, visitor arrivals are down 39 per cent.
HK$200 vouchers for mainland Chinese visitors entering Hong Kong under newly-expanded solo travel scheme
Chief Executive John Lee said the Tourism Board’s HK$200 vouchers for mainland Chinese visitors were an effort to allow them to “personally experience the extraordinary charm of Hong Kong as an international city and dining capital.”
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Hong Kong’s anti-corruption watchdog charges 2 women for allegedly bribing bank staffer over HSBC account opening
Yu Hui, 26, and Wang Jinyu, 37, visited a HSBC branch in Wan Chai last month, when they allegedly offered an envelope containing a wad of HK$100 and HK$500 banknotes to a bank employee to open an account, the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) said on Monday.
Jimmy Lai trial: Nat. security judge tells prosecution to avoid ‘wild allegations’ against the defence
Monday marked the 75th day of Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai’s national security trial. The defence is applying to re-summon Cheung Kim-hung, an ex-publisher who testified against Lai earlier, to ask him questions about message records that they said they only obtained recently.
Hong Kong logs fewer phone scam cases in first quarter of 2024, but losses soar to HK$789m
“Mainland students who come to Hong Kong for their education often find the environment unfamiliar… Scammers use that to their advantage,” Senior Inspector Lam Pui-hang said.