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Hong Kong cafe society and urban chic big draw for mainland Chinese tourists looking for a taste of street life as well instead of luxury boutiques
- Peel Street in Central, a well-known Hong Kong spot, gets extra customers as it becomes a mainland tourist must-see attraction
- Photos of cafes and people sitting on steps drinking coffee and eating a hit on mainland’s Xiaohongshu, an Instagram-like social media platform
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A Hong Kong photo hotspot for foodie tourists has come into focus as mainland Chinese visitors move away from shopping sprees and traditional landmark attractions in favour of smaller-scale and less well-known city attractions.
A walk down Peel Street in Central any day, but especially at weekends and on holidays, guarantees the sight of tourists crowded around its graffiti-marked walls and posing for pictures on steps with plates of food and cups of coffee.
The trend seems to have stemmed from the Fineprint cafe, which has featured on Xiaohongshu, the mainland’s Instagram-like social media platform.
A search on Xiaohongshu produced hundreds of results with near-identical photos and videos featuring visitors seated on steps along the street, eating and drinking.
Fineprint’s small size and limited seating mean people who visit very often spill out onto the street.
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