Hongkong'S Retail Industry Is In A Quagmire And Shopping Paradise Is Facing New Challenges.

Su Jinliang, director of business and economic development, said in July 5th that Hongkong's personal travel in May dropped by 5 percentage points, while in from June 1st to 28th it dropped by 10%.

From last March to now, Hongkong's retail industry has fallen into an "endless fall" that has not happened in 10 years.

The industry believes that many times the extreme crowd of disturbing passengers, passenger behavior, to the "shopping paradise" gold signboards dusts.

Hongkong was badly hurt by passenger driving.

Su Jin Liang quoted the latest data as saying that the total number of visitors to Hong Kong fell this year. The total number of passengers in from June 1st to 28th dropped by 1.9%, while the number of non mainland travelers fell by 6.2%, while the number of mainland tourists fell by 0.5%, of which the number of individual travelers dropped by 10%.

Su Jinliang believes that one of the reasons for the reduction of tourists is that the competition in the surrounding areas is very intense. In the first quarter of this year, the number of mainland tourists going to other places increased significantly, for example, the growth to Japan and Thailand reached more than 90%, to Vietnam's growth of 60%, and to South Korea by 36%.

The commentary published in Hongkong pointed out that the recent incidents of a few militants against mainland tourists have made the image of Hongkong's "hospitable capital" tainted, seriously affecting the confidence of mainland tourists to come to Hong Kong. Many tourists have been reluctant to travel to Hongkong, instead of choosing other countries and regions, which has caused great damage to Hongkong's tourism industry.

Since the beginning of last year, there have been conflicting incidents between extremists and mainland tourists in Hongkong.

Last February, hundreds of extreme people launched "locust driving", which insulted mainland tourists on the street insults.

Since March, the retail market in Hongkong has been changed for over 10 years, and its performance has been declining month by month.

In September of last year, illegal activities took place in the streets of Hongkong. After that, the extreme people formed a "Jiu Wu mission" to harass tourists in the business district.

At the beginning of this year, a radical rush action was launched under the name of "anti water users".

Beginning in April, Shenzhen residents went to Hongkong to change to "one trip on Monday". Su Jinliang said that whether the decline in tourist numbers is related to this remains to be seen, because the policy has been implemented for 3 months. The whole "Monday trip" takes a year to see the overall impact.

The government and the industry are promoting tourism in many ways.

"We are slowly entering the cold winter," said Mai JE, chairman of the Hongkong Retail Management Association.

In the past two to three years, turnover has declined slowly, and the number of tourists in mainland China has decreased significantly.

The impact is probably "disastrous".

Because of the slowdown in the mainland economy, the consumption power of mainland tourists has also declined.

Hongkong watch bank, one of the main mainland travelers, revealed that in June the mainland customers had reduced their business, and the business was two or three worse than the same period last year.

Yang Jingxiang, senior manager of the watch company, said: "last year, 50 to 60 customers bought their watches, leaving only 20 to 30 guests this year.

Especially in the mainland, the consumption power is weak now. The tables bought last year are more expensive, and the price is higher. The prices this year have been reduced.

The Hongkong SAR government and the Tourism Development Bureau are taking measures to revitalize the tourism industry, including the launch of shopping festivals, the provision of various concessions and preparations for more large-scale events, highlighting the characteristics of Hongkong's "capital city" and attracting more tourists to visit and spend in Hong Kong.

Hotels and shopping malls in Hongkong have also launched more discounts and offers this year.

It is of course essential for Hongkong to increase its tourism resources and enhance its competitiveness with its surrounding cities, but more importantly, the SAR government and the general public must try their best to prevent the repetition of "catch up" phenomenon, maintain courtesy and treat Hongkong as a ritual, and carry forward the "hospitality" in Hongkong.