In recent years, there has been a new pattern of Mainland visitors to Hong Kong, with a preference for same-day tours and special forces tours. In recent years, various posts have appeared on mainland social media, instructing mainland tourists to come to Hong Kong to serve as special forces and spend the night in Internet cafes, massage parlors, bars and other places.
Some mainland netizens shared their strategies for staying overnight in Hong Kong Internet cafes, and a 24-hour Internet café in Mong Kok has become an Internet celebrity store. The overnight prices at the internet café are HK$40 and HK$60 respectively, depending on whether headphones are provided. The guide shows that Internet cafes can be registered with Hong Kong and Macau passes, and provide 12-hour night service, Wi-Fi, sockets, etc.
Some mainland netizens shared that they spent the night in a massage parlor in Hong Kong, posting that they came to Hong Kong to travel on New Year's Day (January 1), but the price of hotel rooms was too high, coupled with the remote location, and they thought that hotels with rentals of thousands of yuan could not ensure their quality. After comparison, choose a massage parlor where you can stay overnight. The netizen pointed out that the massage parlor charges 399 yuan for a 45-minute massage or oil push, including a variety of toiletries, including meals, all-you-can-drink drinks, etc., and can choose a single room or a double massage room.
Zhuang Tailiang: There is no mainstream advocate for special forces to maintain economic prices
Zhuang Tailiang, associate professor of the Department of Economics at the Chinese University of Chinese University and executive director of the Lau Chok Tak Institute of Global Economics and Finance, pointed out that some mainland tourists choose special forces tourism, but it is unlikely to become the mainstream, and they must always consider showers and other hygiene issues.
Asked about the stranded mainland tourists on Chinese New Year's Eve, Zhuang Tailiang pointed out that there were not enough hotel rooms that day, and that there were about 100,000 more mainlanders entering the country on January 1 than on weekdays and weekends, and that Hong Kong's hotel rooms were eight to ninety percent full on weekdays. He also pointed out that the high rent of hotels in Hong Kong also means that Hong Kong's economy is good and there are many tourists, saying that "I will not push down the hotel (price), this is the economic price." ”
As for the form of special forces tourism, in addition to McDonald's, which was chosen by more special forces for overnight stays, many mainland social platforms also found many alternative 0 yuan accommodations, and some of them chose to sleep in parks. Some netizens shared their experience of sleeping in Hong Kong parks, and he praised the park environment for the deep forest, the birds and flowers, and the design is very user-friendly, with glass-roofed pavilions, toilets and changing rooms, but complained that the armrests of the seats are low, and his feet cannot pass through when lying down.
On Chinese New Year's Eve 2023, a large number of mainland tourists are stranded in Hong Kong because they have not booked a hotel, although there is a lot of scolding on the Internet, there is still no shortage of strategies to teach how to stay in Hong Kong for zero yuan, including staying overnight at McDonald's, subway stations, etc.
As for whether the large number of mainland tourists stranded in Hong Kong on Chinese New Year's Eve is due to the high hotel rentals, Mr. Chong stressed the need for statistics on the number of cross-border visitors to Hong Kong to watch fireworks, including the number of tourists who booked hotel rooms. He believes that the fact that there are no New Year's Eve events in Shenzhen and other places reflects that Hong Kong is still attractive and can host events that are not available in the Mainland.
Legislative Council member Chow Man-kong pointed out that the main reason for the Mainland's same-day round-trip is that cross-border transportation is very convenient and it only takes more than 10 minutes to travel from Shenzhen to Hong Kong, which is an inevitable trend of high-speed rail and subway. Moreover, there are many low- and middle-priced hotel rooms in Hong Kong of about $1,000 and below, and even hotel rooms under $500 are also quite a lot, and it is considered that there is no question of whether or not to live.
He believes that if Hong Kong wants to have more overnight visitors, it needs to not only promote more to overseas areas, especially the Belt and Road Initiative, but also to obtain free entry quotas for tourists from other provinces from the central government, so as to significantly increase the accommodation and related consumption in Hong Kong.
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