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CHINA, HONG KONG SCRAP CROSS-BORDER TRAVEL QUOTA, COVID TEST


HONG KONG'S TOURISM INDUSTRY HAS SUFFERED SINCE 2019 AFTER MONTHS OF POLITICAL
STRIFE THAT AT TIMES TURNED INTO VIOLENT CLASHES

February 03, 2023 11:29 am | Updated 11:29 am IST - Hong Kong

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Travellers wearing face masks with their luggage head to the immigration counter
at the departure hall at Lok Ma Chau station in Hong Kong. File | Photo Credit:
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Travel between Hong Kong and China will no longer require COVID-19 PCR tests nor
be held to a daily limit, authorities announced on February 3, 2023, as both
places seek to drive economic growth.



Hong Kong's tourism industry has suffered since 2019 after months of political
strife that at times turned into violent clashes between protesters and police,
as well as harsh entry restrictions implemented during the pandemic.

“From Monday, there will be a full resumption of travel between Hong Kong and
the mainland,” Hong Kong leader John Lee said Friday at a news briefing.

Mr. Lee said quotas for travellers will be scrapped and all boundary checkpoints
will reopen next week.



The announcement came a day after Mr. Lee unveiled a tourism campaign aimed at
attracting travellers to Hong Kong that includes 500,000 free air tickets for
tourists to visit the semi-autonomous Chinese city.

China had already eased travel restrictions with Hong Kong on January 8,
dropping a mandatory quarantine period required for travelers entering the
mainland. However, the number of travelers entering the mainland from Hong Kong
via land checkpoints was limited to 50,000 a day.

From Feb. 6, most travelers crossing the border between mainland China and Hong
Kong will no longer need to present a negative PCR test for COVID-19 prior to
travel. Only those who have traveled overseas within the past seven days would
be required to produce their negative PCR result, Hong Kong and Chinese
authorities said Friday.

Both Hong Kong and mainland China were among the last holdouts globally to keep
entry restrictions including mandatory quarantine periods, even as the rest of
the world began reopening their borders in 2022.



Hong Kong — a business hub reputed as a popular city for tourists — has seen its
tourism industry battered over the past three years.

In spite of China's easing of entry restrictions last month, Hong Kong's tourism
industry has a long road to recovery.

In 2022, nearly 605,000 visitors came to Hong Kong — up sixfold from the year
before, but about 90% less than 2019 before the pandemic, which saw 55.9 million
arrivals.




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