Hong Kong strives to restore tourism amid drop in visitor arrivals

The Hong Kong Tourism Board will continue its various promotions to encourage visitors to return to the city. - Reuters

HONG KONG (Xinhua): The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) said Tuesday (Feb 16) that the provisional number of visitor arrivals to Hong Kong in January dropped by 99.9 percent year on year to 4,368.

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government said on Tuesday that it will relax the restriction, as the daily new Covid-19 cases remained at single digit on Tuesday.

The board will launch a new round of activities when the social distancing measures gradually relax, in order to encourage local spending and generate a chain of consumption, said Dane Cheng, executive director of the HKTB.

Meanwhile, the HKTB will continue its various promotions in source markets to maintain Hong Kong's international exposure to encourage visitors to return to Hong Kong soon after travel resumes.