It is reported that the tourism industry predicts that about 300 mainland tour groups will come to Hong Kong every day, with an annual increase of at least 50%. The sales of ordinary and expensive goods are optimistic. Compared with the same period last year, the business of large jewelry stores is expected to have double-digit growth. It is estimated that the sales of supermarkets and pharmacies will increase by 10 to 20%.
In order to welcome the Mid-Autumn Festival, shopping malls such as Trend Plaza, Sha Tin Plaza, Fanling Center, Tsuen Wan Qiansehui and Yuen Long Qiansehui will launch various preferential activities from now on. Consumption of a specified amount of electronic money can be exchanged for cash coupons of designated merchants.
The return of mainland tourists makes Hong Kong's retail industry jubilant. In the past few years, the effect of the "Golden Week" has gradually faded, but due to the eight-day "Super Golden Week" this year, it is expected that the intention of mainland tourists to travel and shop abroad will increase significantly.
According to the Hong Kong Tourism Board, 24.97 million mainland tourists visited Hong Kong in the first seven months of this year, an increase of 2.6% over the same period last year. Xie Guanting, chairman of the Hong Kong Immigration Travel Agency Association, said that the mainland market is huge. Although some mainlanders choose long-distance tours in Europe and America during the eight-day holiday of "Super Golden Week", Hong Kong and Macao are still popular destinations for short-distance tours.
I wish you all a happy National Day Mid-Autumn Festival in advance.