A happy customer playing Pokemon Go at Olympian City in West Kowloon. Shopping mall owners in Hong Kong are having to come up with creative ways of attracting more visitors, as numbers from the mainland continue falling. Photo: Sam Tsang
A happy customer playing Pokemon Go at Olympian City in West Kowloon. Shopping mall owners in Hong Kong are having to come up with creative ways of attracting more visitors, as numbers from the mainland continue falling. Photo: Sam Tsang

HK shopping malls get creative to replace lost mainland tourists

Activities linked to Pokemon Go prove especially popular, as do more tenants selling family goods

A happy customer playing Pokemon Go at Olympian City in West Kowloon. Shopping mall owners in Hong Kong are having to come up with creative ways of attracting more visitors, as numbers from the mainland continue falling. Photo: Sam Tsang
A happy customer playing Pokemon Go at Olympian City in West Kowloon. Shopping mall owners in Hong Kong are having to come up with creative ways of attracting more visitors, as numbers from the mainland continue falling. Photo: Sam Tsang
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