Recently, Taiwan government announced that the daily quota of incoming mainland Chinese tourists will be 5000 people in the next year. The action of Taiwan government has aroused a great deal of controversy on whether Hong Kong government should imitate Taiwan to limit the incoming mainland Chinese tourists. Some people pointed out that it may have drawbacks on the Hong Kong economy. However, some local residents argue that it benefits Hong Kong local people. The pro and con will be dissected in the following.
As the main source of Hong Kong tourism, limiting mainland Chinese tourists may weaken the Hong Kong economy. By the research of the Hong Kong Tourism Board titled '' Visitor Arrivals In Hong Kong In Dec 2013 '' showed that there were over 54 million visitors coming to Hong Kong. Mainland Chinese tourists have about 40 million people which were 74% of those 54 million visitors [1]. In addition, the mainland Chinese tourists come Hong Kong for shopping and their target most likely is the valuable goods, such as gold plate, electronic products. Not only the valuable goods, a great deal of Chinese middle class, but also come to buy different articles for daily use. It brings a large advantages to local business of Hong Kong. Therefore, if the mainland Chinese tourists are limited to come Hong Kong, the incomes of Hong Kong tourism industry will decrease significantly, and it has a negative impact on the Hong Kong economy.
However, numerous of Hongkongers argue that setting the daily quota for incoming mainland Chinese tourists will benefit to the Hong Kong economy instead of weakening it. Lam pointed out that the economic advantages of tourism are in the pockets of big corporations and capitalists, and the local Hongkon...
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...ernment should discuss with every stakeholders about the most suitable daily quota of incoming mainland Chinese tourists so that the public will gain the largest profits.
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1. PartnerNet, Visitor Arrivals To Hong Kong In Nov 2013, 2013. [Online] Available: http://partnernet.hktb.com/filemanager/intranet/ViS_Stat/ViS_Stat_C/ViS_C_2013/Tourism_Stat_12_2013_0.pdf
2. O. Lam, “Hong Kong Protesters Target Shopping Mainland Chinese Tourists,” Global Voices, February 2014. [Online] Available: http://globalvoicesonline.org/2014/02/19/hong-kong-protesters-target-shopping-mainland-chinese-tourists/
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