Hong Kong to ramp up efforts to attract mainland concertgoers for longer stays

Hong Kong is seeking to entice mainland Chinese visitors with concert and hotel packages, the tourism minister has said, amid concerns about tourists not staying longer and overcrowded border facilities.

Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Rosanna Law Shuk-pui said on Saturday that authorities would do more to attract visitors to stay overnight or for longer periods in the city, such as by offering concert deals, hotel packages and discounts on other offerings.

“From a tourism perspective, it’s definitely best if we can attract them to stay overnight, perhaps for an extra day or even half a day,” she told a radio programme.

“If there are integrated concert-and-hotel packages with attractive hotel pricing, tourists may stay longer and there is great potential for growth in this area.”

Law made her remarks a day after Tourism Board chairman Peter Lam Kin-ngok questioned whether the government’s arrangements for concertgoers were adequate.