Mainland Tourists Are Still The Main Force Of Consumption In Hongkong.

Su Jinliang, director of the Hongkong business and Economic Development Bureau, pointed out yesterday that the report of the Legislative Council on tourism development in Hongkong has not been studied in detail. He learned that the report affirmed the economic contribution of free travel to Hongkong.

Su Jinliang said that the government has been communicating with the central government to adjust the structure and the number of passengers, and to find a plan that can balance the development of tourism and the impact on people's livelihood.

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< p > < strong > last year mainland customers in Hong Kong consumption 170 billion < /strong > /p >

< p > according to the briefing, compared with the implementation of the free trade in 2004, the total consumption of mainland travelers was about 27 billion yuan, and increased by 5.3 times in 10 years.

Among them, the growth rate of shopping expenses of "free travel" was the strongest, from 8 billion 620 million yuan in 2004 to 11.7 yuan to nearly 110 billion yuan last year.

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In P industries, the impact of free travel on retail industry is critical. Data show that the free travel expenditure in Hong Kong increased by 11.7 times in 10 years (2004 to 2013).

Consumer spending on free travel increased from 4.5% of the total retail sales to 22.2% last year.

At the same time, the 2013 non "free travel" mainland tourists accounted for 12% of the total retail sales in Hongkong.

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The two consumption of "P" > free travel "and" non free travel "adds up to more than 170 billion yuan, accounting for 34.2% of the total retail sales in Hongkong and over 1/3.

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< p > the proportion of shopping expenses of local residents and non mainland tourists in Hongkong accounted for nearly 80% of the total expenditure in 2004, down to about 61.7% last year, less than 2/3.

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< p > < strong > mainland customers like to buy cosmetics, milk powder and leather products < /strong > < /p >

< p > according to the survey conducted by the LDC in 2013, cosmetics and skin care products, ready-made clothing, food, medicine and Chinese medicine are the most popular items for free and overnight travellers.

Overnight travellers like to buy high-end consumer goods, such as leather goods, jewellery and watches, as well as electrical appliances / photographic supplies.

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< p > and the "public opinion analysis on the livelihood of the people" recently released by the Guangzhou social and public opinion research center has confirmed the dependence of free travellers on Hongkong commodities.

The survey found that parents in Guangdong were deeply disturbed by domestic milk powder. They thought that the proportion of home-made milk powder was "less safe" and "unsafe" was 73% and 71% respectively.

Even if milk powder is limited in Hongkong, respondents with home and abroad are willing to run several more trips to buy milk powder, which is more than 45%.

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< p > in terms of the consumption power of Hongkong, the average daily consumption of overnight travellers in the mainland in 2013 was 3593 yuan, much higher than that of 1970 non mainland passengers.

The average consumption of passengers travelling free overnight is 2887 yuan.

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