Hong Kong recorded a 13 per cent year-on-year increase in mainland Chinese visitors on the first day of the “golden week” Labour Day holiday, but a lawmaker for the restaurant trade noted that tourists’ shift towards more cautious spending resulted in only “limited” gains for the businesses.
Labour Day is a statutory public holiday in Hong Kong and marked the start of the mainland’s five-day break. The first day of the holiday saw a single-day record of about 24.8 million passengers travelling on China’s railway network, according to China State Railway Group.
Mainland visitors fanned out across the city on Saturday, with some heading for the countryside in Sai Kung and others opting for “city walks” to explore picturesque locales.
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