Hong Kong welcomes more than 173,000 mainland Chinese visitors on first day of ‘golden week’ break
- Data from the Immigration Department shows about 295,800 people, including roughly 184,440 residents, had also left the city as of 9pm
- Early birds heading into city share plans to splash out at duty-free stores, take in sights and attend rock concert
Data from the Immigration Department showed about 295,800 people, including roughly 184,440 residents, had left the city as of 9pm.
Some of the 173,474 mainland visitors arrived via the West Kowloon high-speed rail terminus. The Post observed the station’s concourse was busy but not overcrowded in the morning, even as trains dropped off visitors at intervals as short as five minutes apart, with passengers swiftly clearing out.
Tourists arriving at the terminus said they were looking forward to sampling a wide range of activities and experiences over the break.
Zhang Jiao and her son were among Wednesday’s early birds, opting to take a spontaneous trip to Hong Kong together for the first time.
The e-commerce freelancer, who is in her thirties, said she and her eight-year-old son earlier travelled to Shenzhen from Hangzhou, before deciding to look up places to stay and things to do in Hong Kong.