Mainland Chinese tourists at the Avenue of Stars, in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, in May. Photo: Sam Tsang Mainland Chinese tourists at the Avenue of Stars, in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, in May. Photo: Sam Tsang
Mainland Chinese tourists at the Avenue of Stars, in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, in May. Photo: Sam Tsang
Mercedes Hutton
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Destinations known by Mercedes Hutton

Have mainland Chinese tourists ever really been welcome in Hong Kong?

  • Economist warns it might be ‘some time’ before visitors from mainland China return to the territory
  • Hong Kong tourism is seeing the worst downturn since the Sars outbreak in 2003

Mercedes Hutton
Mercedes Hutton

Updated: 8:30am, 11 Dec, 2019

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Mainland Chinese tourists at the Avenue of Stars, in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, in May. Photo: Sam Tsang Mainland Chinese tourists at the Avenue of Stars, in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, in May. Photo: Sam Tsang
Mainland Chinese tourists at the Avenue of Stars, in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, in May. Photo: Sam Tsang
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Mercedes Hutton

Mercedes Hutton

Mercedes Hutton is a Hong Kong-based journalist. She joined the Post in 2018, where she writes about culture, the environment and history for Post Magazine, and covers travel and tourism in Asia in a weekly column, Destinations Known.