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2024-05-17 | Chinese Arrivals to Singapore this year recovered to 82% Pre-pandemic Level Read More Arrivals from China in the first quarter of this year totaled 786,000 which recovered to around 82% of figure in the pre-pandemic 2019, and they stayed in Singapore on average for 3.92 days. |
2024-05-16 | Other Cities in Mainland China in Top 50 World's Wealthiest Cities Read More According to above Report, other mainland cities in the list are respectively Shenzhen with 50300 millionaires and rank world’s 27th; Hangzhou with 31600 millionaires and ranked world’s 36th; Guangzhou with 24500 millionaires and rank world’s 46th. |
2024-05-14 | China’s Top Three Cities by Number of Millionaires Read More According to above Report, the top three Chinese are respectively Hong Kong with 143,400 millionaires which rank world’s 9th highest, Beijing with 125,600 which rank world’s 10th highest and Shanghai with 123,400 which rank world’s 11th highest. |
2024-05-13 | China ranks Second in the World’s top 50 Richest Cities Read More New World Wealth, an international market research organization just published jointly the 2024 World’s Richest Cities (the Report) by number of millionaire with liquid asset of at least USD 1 million available for investment. By number of cities in the top 50 league, USA with 11 cities rank top to be followed by China with 7 cities. |
2024-05-09 | China outbound to Japan in March totaled nearly Half a Million Read More Arrivals from mainland China to Japan in March, which has no major holiday in China, totaled some 450,000. |
2024-05-08 | Chinese Tourists top spender among foreign inbound into Japan Read More In the first quarter this year, Chinese tourists spent in Japan an average per person of YEN 293,100 (RMB13700) and rank top among all Japan’s international arrivals. |
2024-05-07 | Wedding Cost in China in 2023 Read More A survey conducted between July and September in 2023 by the Renmin University of China found the average expenditure of a newly-wed couple on wedding was RMB334,400. |
2024-05-06 | Hong Kong Departures in May Holiday Read More Hong Kong residents made around 680,000 departures between April 30 and May 3 at 10.00 am, though only May 1 is a public holiday and on that particular day departures by residents totaled some 195,000. |
2024-05-02 | International Flights to and from China in Summer/Autumn Read More During the summer/autumn season this year which start on Mar 31 and end on Oct 26, media reported on early April some 122 domestic and foreign airlines plan operating weekly around 12656 passenger flights involving China (mainland) and 66 foreign countries. |
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2024-04-30 | World Expo 2025 in Osaka – Ticket Sales Read More Among the 28.2 million visitors targeted by the organizers of the 2025 World Expo in Osaka, which will open in April, 3.5 million coming from foreign countries. An adult ticket costs between 4000 yen and 6700 yen. Ticket sales started in end of November last year, and by April 17 over 1.5 million tickets been sold. |
2024-04-29 | China Outbound to Philippines in 2023 Read More In 2023, around 264,000 Chinese travelers visited Philippines which account for 4.8% of the country’s total inbound. However, 1.74 million Chinese travelers visited Philippines in 2019. |
2024-04-26 | Hong Kong High Spending Retirees up Monthly Spending by around 15% Read More The high-spending Hong Kong retiree group (monthly spending over HK$15000) spends an average of HKD23,671 per person per month, which a significant rise of HKD3,000 compared to the previous year and higher than the city’s average monthly salary in Q4 of 2023. |
2024-04-25 | Hong Kong Retirees indulge in traveling to GBA Read More From IFPHK survey, Hong Kong retirees, on average, make a trip to the Greater Bay Area (GBA) once every two months, contributing an average of RMB1,350 per visit. which is more than double the average expenditure of RMB673 for an average Hong Kong residents, as reported by media in Shenzhen. |
2024-04-24 | Hong Kong Retirees overall spend more than Previous Year & on Traveling Read More The Institute of Financial Planners of Hong Kong (IFPHK) released the “IFPHK Hong Kong Retirement Expense Index” in mid-April, which reveals that retirees spend an average of HK$14,700 per month, up by HK$1000 over the previous year. Also, retirees are increasingly indulging in travelling and cross-boundary trips. |
2024-04-23 | Hong Kong Exhibition Industry recovered to 90% Pre-pandemic Read More According to the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, the city’s convention and exhibition industry already recovered to 70 – 80% pre-pandemic level at the end of last year, and to 90% in the first quarter of this year. |
2024-04-22 | Spending by Hong Kong Tourists in Japan higher than Average Read More Hong Kong tourists on a per capita basis spent HK$12530 in Japan in the first quarter of 2024, which 19% higher than that of all foreign inbound at YEN209,000 (HK$10500). |
2024-04-19 | More Hong Kong arrivals to Japan in March Read More In March this year, Japan drew over 3.08 million inbound visitors of whom some 231,4000 came from Hong Kong, which up 59.7% over same period last year, ranks Japan top 5th source market. |
2024-04-18 | China top source Market of Thailand in 2024 First Quarter Read More In the first quarter of 2024, Thailand welcomed 9.37 million incoming tourists, up 44% over last year, and the top five source markets are respectively China where came over 1.75 million tourists, Malaysia, Russia, South Korea and India. |
2024-04-17 | China Outbound to Georgia Read More Last September, Georgia offer visa free entry to Chinese travelers. In 2023, over 48000 Chinese tourists visited Georgia. |
2024-04-16 | More Domestic Travelers in China’s Ching Ming Festival Read More China’s domestic travelers during the Ching Ming Festival mini-Golden Week (3 days) this month totaled 119 million and spent RMB53.95 billion which respectively up 11.3% and 12.7% over same period in 2019. |
2024-04-15 | 2025 World Expo in Osaka Read More The 2025 World Expo, which projects drawing exhibitors from 161 countries and regions and 28 million visitors, will open on 13 April 2025 in Osaka, Japan. End of last year, Osaka held a survey on 6000 people in Japan and found 34% intend visiting the Expo. |
2024-04-12 | FIT and Higher Air Ticket Price affecting Hong Kong Outbound Package Tour Read More The growing FIT trend affecting business of Hong Kong outbound travel agents. Latest outbound levy (reflecting the city’s total outbound tour group revenue) only around half of pre-pandemic level! Higher air ticket and package tour prices likely result in seeing number of travelers down at least by half of the past level. Reported media which quoted the Travel Industry Council on Mar 20. |
2024-04-11 | Hong Kong has 200 new Travel Agents in Pandemic Years Read More Quoting the Travel Industry Council Hong Kong, media reported on Mar 20 around 300 the city’s travel agents closed down during the pandemic years, but at the same time there were 200 new agents which mainly smaller in scale with fewer than 5 staff. |
2024-04-10 | HK Express reported Good Business for Holidays Read More Media reported on March 27 bookings of HK Express flights during the coming holidays of Easter / Ching Ming reached 94% of seating capacity. At present, 1 in 4 of its passengers came from the Greater Bay Area. |
2024-04-09 | HK Express Flights 90 percent Full in 2024 Read More HK Express, Cathay’s budget flight arm, carried nearly 1.3 million passengers in the first three months this year which close to 90% occupancy, and specifically over 0.5 million passengers in March. |
2024-04-08 | Hong Kong Package Tour Groups in Taiwan during Recent Earthquake Read More Quoting from Travel Industry Council of Hong Kong, there were around 30 package tour groups from Hong Kong with a total of 900 tourists in Taiwan during the recent earthquake on April 3. |
2024-04-05 | Hong Kong Outbound during Easter via Airport Read More On March 29, the first day of the Easter Holiday, around 526,000 Hong Kong residents departed the city and among them 12.5% or some 66000 departed from the Airport. |
2024-04-03 | Hong Kong – Higher Outbound during Easter by Man-day Read More In the five-day period from March 28 to April 2, around 2.29 million Hong Kong residents departed the city while those returned total only 1.9 million, and the difference of 384,000 means higher total of outbound by man-day. |
2024-04-02 | Hong Kong - Over 2.2 million Outbound Trips in Easter Holiday Read More The Easter Holiday this year in Hong Kong total 4 days starting on March 29 and ending on April 1. On April 2, media reported over 2.27 million Hong Kong residents, which around 30% the city’s population, departed the city in the 5 day period including March 28 and the Holiday. |
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2024-03-28 | In Hong Kong Recovery of Package Tours slower than FIT Read More The long Easter cum Ching Ming long holiday starts on March 29, but media reported Hong Kong travel agents saw bookings of package tours recovered only to around 70% and 80% but FIT booking of air ticket and hotel already over 20% pre-pandemic level. |
2024-03-27 | Hong Kong - More Outbound Package Tour Groups during Easter Read More The Travel Industry Council of Hong Kong projected around 500 package tour groups per day, which higher than the total during the Spring Festival, will depart the city during the coming Easter holiday. The above include those by plane and by land which constitute the majority. |
2024-03-26 | Hong Kong to get more Inbound in 2024 Read More Hong Kong Tourism Board project the city will welcome in 2024 around 46 million inbound travelers, up 35% over last year, who on average will stay 3.2 nights and spend HK$5800. |
2024-03-25 | Bank reported Hong Kong account holders spending more in Mainland China Read More Bank of China reported Hong Kong holders of its credit card and its BoC Pay Account increased their spending in January this year in Mainland China by 100% and 400% respectively. |
2024-03-22 | Trend continues, Hong Kong Consumers spending more in Mainland China Read More In 2023, over 53 million Hong Kong citizens visited mainland China which into this year remaining highly attractive! In Jan 2024, billing of Hong Kong holders of Bank of China credit card in supermarkets in the mainland doubled that in last year with per capita spending averaging around HK$1300. |
2024-03-21 | More Chinese female Travelers booked Solo Travel Read More China’s travel portal, Qunar.com reported bookings of solo travel by female travelers from Jan to mid-March rose to 11% from 6% in 2019. |
2024-03-20 | More get married in China Read More In 2023, there were 7.68 marriage registrations in China which comparing to the total of 6.835 million in 2022, up 12.4%. |
2024-03-19 | Visa-Free Access for HKSAR Passport Holders Read More As at the end of 2023, 171 countries and regions had granted visa-free access or visa-on-arrival for Hong Kong SAR passport holders. |
2024-03-18 | Record number of Hong Kong citizens applied for HKSAR Passport Read More Hong Kong received over 1.45 million passport applications in 2023, doubling the total of a pre-pandemic year, which an indication of strong interest in outbound to overseas destinations as Hong Kong citizens can travel to mainland China and Macau using Home Return Permit and ID card. |
2024-03-15 | Visa Free drew more Chinese Outbound to Thailand Read More China and Thailand visa free entry became effective on March 1. Data from LY.COM up to Feb 29, a major travel portal in China showed its flight bookings in the first 10 days of March from China to Thailand some 70% higher than in the same period in 2019. |
2024-03-14 | Cathay expects to reach 80% of its pre-pandemic passenger flight level in next quarter Read More Cathay projected its passenger flights will recover to 80% pre-pandemic level in the second quarter of 2024, and hopefully fully recover in the first quarter of 2025. |
2024-03-13 | China International Flights recovering to 70% pre-pandemic Read More From China Civil Aviation Administration, there were 5389 pairs of international flight by all airlines to and from China in the period between Feb 12 and 18 this year (after Spring Festival Golden Week), which back to 70.7% pre-pandemic level. |
2024-03-12 | Top Outbound Destinations in Spring Festival for Chinese Tourists Read More Based on Trip.com booking data, Chinese media reported on Feb 19 top 10 outbound country destinations for Chinese tourists during the Spring Festival Golden Week this year are Thailand, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, South Korea, Indonesia, Vietnam and UAE. |
2024-03-11 | Popular Overseas Driving Tour Destinations to Chinese Tourists Read More Quoting Trip.com, media reported on Feb 18 top popular overseas driving tour destinations for Chinese tourists during the Spring Festival are respectively Melbourne, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, Phuket, Sydney, Bangkok, Oakland, and Abu Dhabi. |
2024-03-08 | China travel portal reported big increase in Driving Holiday booking Read More Quoting Trip.com, a leading China travel portal, media reported on Feb 9 the travel portal saw car booking for Spring Festival 2024 rose 20% comparing to last year, and 400% to 2019. Among these bookings, 40% package of air ticket and car rental. |
2024-03-07 | China Outbound in 2023 Read More From National Bureau of Statistics of China on Feb 29, outbound travelers from China (mainland) in 2023 totaled 100.96 million of whom 77.04 million visited Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. |
2024-03-06 | Hong Kong Airport to fully recover by the end of 2024 Read More According to Airport Authority on March 1, passenger traffic at Hong Kong International Airport currently recover to around 80% pre-pandemic and will fully recover by the end of this year. |
2024-03-05 | China not yet recovered to 2019 level Read More Quoting Vice President of Trip.com, media reported in late Feb China saw domestic tourism trade recovering to 80 / 90% in 2023 and at present outbound recovering to around 60% of 2019. |
2024-03-04 | Airbnb projects China outbound to fully recover by year end Read More In 2023 review conducted in mid-February this year, Airbnb reported mainland China outbound travelers’ booking by room-night grew 90%, and projected size of mainland China outbound market by the end of 2024 will surpass that of 2019. |
2024-03-01 | Globally more Cruise Travelers in 2024 Read More Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) projects globally cruise travelers in 2024 will total 35.70 million, which up 13.3% over the 31.50 million in 2023. |
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2024-02-29 | Hong Kong Economy continues growing Read More Hong Kong Financial Secretary on Feb 28, Hong Kong economy expanded 3.2% in 2023, and is expected to grow 2.5 to 3.5% in 2024. |
2024-02-28 | Some Hong Kong travelers to cut down frequency of visiting Japan for discharging contaminated water Read More A survey held by Hong Kong City University between Oct and Dec last year, which interviewed online 1418 Hong Kong citizens aged 20 and above, found only 25.7% respondents will reduce frequency of visiting Japan as a result of discharging nuclear contaminated water into the ocean. |
2024-02-27 | WeChat Pay reported Hong Kong users spent more in Mainland China in Spring Festival Read More On Feb 18, WeChat Pay HK reported big increases of its Hong Kong users in mainland China during the Spring Festival Holiday this year, specifically total number of transactions grew nearly 5 times while total amount of transaction grew over 3 times over last year. |
2024-02-26 | Hong Kong Tourists to Macau in Spring Festival Holiday Read More In 8 days between Feb 10 and 17, 253,000 Hong Kong tourists visited Macau, accounting for 18.6% of Macau’s all inbound tourists in that period. |
2024-02-23 | Hong Kong MICE Inbound value Travelers Read More Overnight MICE visitors to Hong Kong on average spent HK$7200, which 20% higher than the average of all overnight inbound travelers. |
2024-02-22 | Hong Kong Exhibition & Convention Industry to fully recover this year Read More In a press conference held on Feb 19, Mr. Yau Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development of Hong Kong SAR expressed his confidence that the city’s Exhibition and Convention industry will fully recover or surpass pre-pandemic level. This year, a total of 150 conventions and 160 exhibitions and perhaps more will be held in the two centres of HKCEC in the city centre and AWE in the airport. |
2024-02-21 | The patronage of Hong Kong Airport recovered to about 60% pre-pandemic level Read More Hong Kong airport in 2023 handled 39.5 million passengers or 55% of pre-pandemic 2019 level. In February this year, there are 4 domestic and 63 overseas airlines operated scheduled flights to and from Hong Kong, fewer than the 91 airlines in 2019. |
2024-02-20 | China Big Increase in Domestic Travel Spending in Spring Festival Read More In the Spring Festival Golden Week this year from Feb 10 to 17, China domestic travelers spent a total of 632.7 billion, up 47.3% over last year and up 7.7% over 2019. |
2024-02-19 | China Big Increase in Domestic Travelers in Spring Festival Read More In the Spring Festival Golden Week this year from Feb 10 to 17, China domestic travelers totaled 474 million, increase by 34.3% over last year and 19% over 2019. China’s current population is 1.41 billion. |
2024-02-16 | Travel Portal report Chinese Tourists highly interested in Outbound Read More A report published by a China travel portal, LY.COM on the country’s outbound trend said 63.9% of respondents explicitly replied they plan outbound travel and 40% even plan at least two such holidays in this year. |
2024-02-15 | 2024 China’s outbound expects to recover to 80% of pre-pandemic level Read More From report by China Tourism Academy on Feb 1, some 130 million Chinese travelers will make outbound trip in 2024 which back to around 80% level of 2019. |
2024-02-14 | Outbound from Greater China to Switzerland in 2023 Read More In the first 10 months of 2023, Greater China tourists made over 690,000 overnight stays in Switzerland or 41.6% of the 2019 level. |
2024-02-11 | Hong Kong Outbound to Switzerland fully recover in 2024 Read More Switzerland project tourists from Greater China will in 2024 back to 80% the 2019 level, with Hong Kong market fully recover by the end of 2024 while mainland China by the end of 2025. |
2024-02-10 | 2024 Lunar New Year's Holiday Notice Read More Our office will be closed from 12 Feb (Mon) to 13 Feb (Tue) for Chinese New Year Holiday. Normal business will resume on 14 Feb (Wed) 2024. Should you have any enquiries, please feel free to contact us via WhatsApp 852 69361271 or email to travel@tkshk.com |
2024-02-08 | Chinese Arrivals to Europe far below 2019 Level Read More Quoting the consultancy firm, Tourism Economics, media reported majority of European countries saw tourist arrivals from China in the first half of 2023 still 60% below 2019 level. |
2024-02-07 | Chinese Medical Tourists to South Korea Read More In the first half of 2023, Chinese medical tourists spent in South Korea 3.4 billion Won on cosmetic surgery which ranked fifth, and 4.4 billion Won on dermatology which ranked third. |
2024-02-06 | South Korea Medical Beauty Tourism – Foreigners Returning Read More In the first half of 2023, foreigners spent a total of 250 billion won in South Korea on various medical expenses, of which plastic surgery accounted for 79.3 billion won. |
2024-02-05 | Chinese Tourists Top Spenders in Singapore in 2023 Read More In 2023, Chinese tourists spent in Singapore currency $2.3 billion thus ranked top, which followed by Indonesia at $2.2 billion and Australia at $1.5 billion. |
2024-02-02 | China, Singapore’s Second Largest Source Market in 2023 Read More In 2023, Singapore’s top three source markets by number of arrivals were respectively Indonesia with 2.3 million, China with 1.4 million and Malaysia with 1.1 million visitors. |
2024-02-01 | Preferences of Chinese Tourists to South Korea Read More Among all Chinese tourists to South Korea, 69% choose visiting Seoul; but among those aged between 20 and 30, nearly 30% prefer visiting Jeju and 15% Busan as destination. |
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2024-01-31 | Chinese Tourists pay more for South Korean Hotels Read More Quoting Trip.com, media reported on Jan 29 room rate paid by Chinese tourists to South Korean hotels on average doubled that of pre-pandemic 2019. |
2024-01-30 | More Chinese Tourists to SE Asia during Spring Festival Read More Some two weeks before the Chinese New Year, Trip.com reported big jumps over last year in bookings by Chinese tourists for holiday to SE Asia during the Spring Festival Golden Week. Specifically, 13 times for Thailand and Singapore and 22 times for Malaysia. |
2024-01-29 | China Outbound to Thailand in 2023 Read More Arrivals from China to Thailand in 2023 totaled some 3.5 million which far lower than the pre-pandemic figure of 11 million Chinese arrivals, according to media report in early Jan. Thailand welcomed 28 million inbound tourists in 2023. |
2024-01-26 | UNWTO foresee Full Recovery in 2024 Possible Read More From UNWTO in early January, globally the total number of international tourists in 2023 would likely reach 88% of 2019 level; while that for 2024 will likely exceed that of 2019 if recovery in Asia continue at its present rate. |
2024-01-25 | China to have more International Flights Read More In early January 2024, China has around 4600 international flights per week to and from the country, and the figure will reach 6000 by the of this year, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China. |
2024-01-24 | Arrivals to Hong Kong in 2023 Read More Some 34 million inbound travelers visited Hong Kong in 2023, which back to around 55% pre-pandemic; but arrivals in last Dec reached 4 million which 65% pre-pandemic. |
2024-01-23 | Supply of Hong Kong Hotels Read More Hong Kong can provide over 100,000 hotel room which currently have occupancy rate of around 80%, and room rate in 2023 averaged HK$1300 which still below 2018 and 2019 level. |
2024-01-22 | Hong Kong Tourists Spending in Japan Read More In 2023, Hong Kong tourists spent an average of YEN212,000 or HK$11,260 per person per trip which include 31.3% on shopping, 31% on lodging, 25.1% on food and drink etc. |
2024-01-20 | Departures by Hong Kong Residents in 2023 recovered to nearly 80% Read More In the whole year of 2023, Hong Kong residents made a total of 72.2 million departures, which recovered to 76.8% of pre-pandemic 2019 level; and Dec 23 a record day with over half a million departures from the city. |
2024-01-19 | Record Numbers of Travelers went through China’s Borders in 2023 Read More A total of 424 million travelers went through in 2023 China (mainland) borders, and among them mainland residents 206 million, up 219%; Hong Kong and Macau residents 183 million, up 293%; and foreigners 35.5 million, up 693%. |
2024-01-18 | Hong Kong ranked Japan 4th Largest Market in 2023 Read More 2.11million Hong Kong citizens visited Japan in 2023, spending YEN 479.6 billion / HK$25.4 billion, and ranked Japan’s 4th largest market. |
2024-01-17 | 2024 Forecast of China Domestic Tourism Read More China Tourism Academy has forecasted that China’s domestic tourists in 2024 will reach total 6 billion and generate a total of RMB 6 trillion tourism revenue. |
2024-01-16 | 2024 Forecast of China International Tourism Read More China Tourism Academy has forecasted that China’s inbound and outbound tourist arrivals in 2024 will reach total 264 million and generate a total of international tourism revenue US$107 billion. |
2024-01-15 | Departures by Hong Kong Residents in 2023 from Airport Read More In 2023, around 9.18 million Hong Kong residents departed from the city’s airport with peak months in July, August and December. |
2024-01-12 | 2023 Snow Season Holiday Survey–Destinations popular to Hong Kong Read More For skiing holiday, the survey found 39% Hong Kong skiers choose Japan, 30% choose Switzerland, and 29% Canada. |
2024-01-11 | 2023 Snow Season Holiday Survey–Popular Destinations Read More For skiing holiday, the survey found 40% Asia Pacific skiers choose Japan, 39% choose Switzerland, 27% Canada and 24% mainland China. |
2024-01-10 | 2023 Snow Season Holiday Survey– Planning Time Read More For skiing holiday, the survey found on average these Asia Pacific travelers start planning 3 to 4 months before departures. Those from mainland China and South Korea only around 1 month earlier, while those from Singapore and Malaysia from 4 to 6 months earlier. |
2024-01-09 | 2023 Snow Season Holiday Survey– Length of Stay Read More For skiing holiday, the survey found on average these Asia Pacific travelers stay for 8 days in Asia Pacific skiing resort, and as long as 12 days for European Skiing resort. |
2024-01-08 | 2023 Snow Season Holiday Survey– Hong Kong’s Daily Spending Ranks Top in Asia Pacific Read More From media report on Jan 4, Club Med interviewed over 3500 Asia Pacific travelers regarding skiing holiday, and found that Travelers from Hong Kong and Malaysia have the highest spending budget per day per person at 588 EUR, Taiwan at 499 EUR, South Korea at 276 EUR and Japan at 250 EUR. |
2024-01-05 | China’s Wealthy Families by Geography Read More China’s top five cities / provinces by number of families with net worth of or above RMB 10 million are respectively Guangdong Province (307,000 families & population of 126.6 million); Beijing City (306,000 families & population of 21.8 million), Shanghai City (271,000 families & population 24.8 million), Jiangsu Province (216,000 families & population 65.8 million), and Hong Kong City (215,000 families and 7.49 million people). |
2024-01-04 | China’s Wealthy Families by Net Worth Read More From Hurun Report, China has some 5.18 million families with net worth of or over RMB 6 million, 2.11 million families with net worth of or above RMB 10 million, and some 138,000 families with net worth of or above RMB 100 million. |
2024-01-03 | 2023 Survey on Hong Kong Citizen’s Christmas Consumption - Spending Read More The survey found 36% respondents will maintain spending level similar to Christmas last year, 31% will cut back and 21% will spend more; and also found residents slightly increase budget for Christmas spending. |
2024-01-02 | 2023 Survey on Hong Kong Citizen’s Christmas Consumption Read More A survey which interviewed 1060 Hong Kong citizens aged 18 or above by phone between Dec 4 and 14 found during Christmas this year, 21% respondents will take overseas holidays, 56% will stay in town and remaining 23% were undecided or no comment. |