Hong Kong residents are keen to go north for consumption after the epidemic. During the Easter holiday that just passed, more than 1.9 million Hong Kong people went to the mainland, but only about 500,000 tourists entered Hong Kong. Hong Kong’s catering and retail businesses are complaining, saying that this year’s Easter holiday business has dropped by 20 to 30% compared to previous years.

Scholars interviewed believe that in recent years, the travel mode of mainland tourists to Hong Kong has changed from consumption-based to check-in and in-depth travel. The authorities and industry players must start from the tourist experience to construct a new tourism model rich in Hong Kong cultural characteristics.

Hong Kong’s Easter holiday ended on April 1. Preliminary data from the Immigration Department showed that as of 9 p.m. on the 1st, Hong Kong residents traveled abroad for more than 2.27 million times during the five-day holiday, of which more than 1.9 million went to the mainland, but only 490,000 tourists entered Hong Kong. 8,000 visitors.

Hong Kong’s “Toutiao Daily” website reported on Tuesday that many shops in Shenzhen did good business during the Easter period as a large number of Hong Kong people went to Shenzhen for consumption. Jinguanghua Plaza, which is only one stop away from Luohu Port, is crowded with people, and almost every restaurant is full during dinner time.

A person in charge of a restaurant revealed that during the long holiday, the restaurant’s business doubled. After the epidemic, Hong Kong people have become the main source of customers. The restaurant will adjust its purchase volume based on whether Hong Kong people are on holiday.

Shenzhen shopping malls are prospering, but Hong Kong merchants on the other side are complaining. Qiu Jinrong, honorary president of the Hong Kong Rice Miao Catering Professional Association, pointed out that business during this year’s Easter holiday dropped by 20 to 30% compared with previous years. He said that the market is booming during the holidays, which is a time for “making money” (making money), but the entire store only has two or three tables of customers this year.

Legislator Tian Beichen, who is engaged in the clothing retail business, also said that his clothing brand company’s sales during the Easter holiday fell by 14% year-on-year, and sales in the same period last year also fell by 14% year-on-year.

He described the company’s business as “double-year decline” which is rare, reflecting Hong Kong people’s strong desire to travel after normalcy returns. However, tourists visiting Hong Kong have not been able to fill the customer base, and Hong Kong seems to have lost its attractiveness.

As the consumption boom of Hong Kong people going north continues, it has severely damaged Hong Kong’s retail and catering businesses. There has been a wave of store closures in various districts recently. The number of followers of the Facebook group “Hong Kong Store Closing News Concern Group” on the social platform has recently increased from about 5,000 to more than 190,000 in just a few days. Some owners and businessmen expressed their voices in the group. Some of them were disillusioned with Hong Kong’s retail industry and planned to start a business in Shenzhen.

In an interview with Lianhe Zaobao, Cai Sixing, a lecturer in the Department of General Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, pointed out that in the past year, Hong Kong people have become popular in traveling northward for travel and consumption, mainly because the transportation between mainland and Hong Kong has become increasingly convenient and costs have reduced. In addition, the prices of goods and services in different major provinces and cities in mainland China are much cheaper than those in Hong Kong. In addition, the service level is good, which attracts many Hong Kong people to go north to experience it.

Cai Sixing said that in the past, mainland people traveling to Hong Kong mainly focused on consumption, buying daily necessities, cosmetics and luxury goods. However, three years after the epidemic, mainland people have become accustomed to online shopping and do not have the same rigid demand for luxury goods as before. Therefore, the current travel mode of mainland tourists to Hong Kong has changed from consumption-based to check-in and in-depth travel.

He believes that the authorities and industry players must start from the tourist experience and reconstruct a new tourism experience that is rich in Hong Kong’s cultural characteristics and cost-effective in order to continue to attract mainland tourists.

Hong Kong’s “Ming Pao” disclosed on Tuesday that some Hong Kong developers had earlier requested the central government through different channels to follow the practices of Singapore and Malaysia and allow mainland tourists to come to Hong Kong visa-free to increase the flow of tourists. However, sources familiar with the situation in the mainland believe that the central government will definitely not introduce visa-free measures for mainland tourists to visit Hong Kong, because from the perspective of Hong Kong’s system and geographical restrictions, Hong Kong cannot withstand a large number of mainland tourists flocking to Hong Kong, and they are worried that it will This resulted in a new round of conflicts between the two places.

Sources believe that Hong Kong should study the development of high-end tourism to attract high-spending tourists from mainland China and foreign countries to Hong Kong, and should not just pursue passenger flow. On this issue, Hong Kong’s political and business circles have been fighting for the tax-free limit for mainland tourists to shop in Hong Kong to be increased from 5,000 yuan (S$953) to 30,000 yuan. It is estimated that the central government will allow it, but it is unknown when it will be announced.

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A Hong Kong mother and daughter suffered from severe gastroesophageal reflux. They recently flew to Taiwan and sought help from Dr. Wu Wenjie, director of the Gastroesophageal Reflux Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Yuanrong Hospital in Changhua County, hoping to undergo gastroscopic anti-reflux surgery. After diagnosis, the doctor found that the patient had pseudogastroesophageal reflux. After being referred to the Department of Psychosomatics, he was diagnosed with severe depression. After taking medication, the patient’s condition improved and he finally got rid of the pain that had plagued him for many years.

It is understood that this Hong Kong mother and daughter, the mother is about 70 years old, and the daughter is about 30 or 40 years old. As soon as they arrived in Taiwan, they went straight to Yuanrong Hospital and asked Wu Wenjie to perform “thermal radiofrequency gastric cardia tightening surgery” on her. My mother said that she has been troubled by gastroesophageal reflux for many years. She feels gastric juice rushing upwards as soon as she lies down, accompanied by chest tightness, ear pain, headache and other symptoms. She has been seeking medical treatment in Hong Kong for many years but has not been able to improve. She has read Dr. Wu’s online videos and articles. According to the introduction, he and his daughter flew to Taiwan specially for the surgery.

Wu Wenjie determined that the patient’s condition was “false reflux” and was caused by other factors. The mother and daughter were dubious, so he first performed a 96-hour wireless acid-base capsule test for them, and placed the capsule monitor inside the esophagus to monitor. As long as the acid reflux occurs, As the flow passes through the capsule, it is recorded, and the patient can still exercise, eat delicious food, run, etc. After 96 hours of recording, the capsule was excreted with the feces, and the results proved that no acid reflux was recorded.

The Hong Kong mother and daughter still had doubts, so they underwent a 24-hour acid-base catheter test. As a result, the patient still had no esophageal reflux. Seeing that the patient insisted on having surgery, the doctor decisively refused, speculating that it was caused by psychological factors, and recommended that he be transferred to the psychosomatic department for treatment. The patient’s condition improved after taking the medicine. After returning to Hong Kong, he continued to receive treatment at the psychosomatic department and finally got rid of the pain that had plagued him for many years.

Wu Wenjie emphasized that there are many causes of gastroesophageal reflux, including too loose the cardiac opening connecting the esophagus and the stomach, too much pressure in the stomach, flatulence, and too sensitive esophagus; in addition, there are worries, anxiety, panic, autonomic nervous system disorders, and chest tightness. Menopausal women and patients with esophageal lesions who experience symptoms such as facial flushing, headache, insomnia, etc. may experience pseudoreflux.

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