There Are No Passenger Flow Crowding In Shopping Malls In Hongkong During May 1.

This year's May 1 is the first golden week long holiday in Shenzhen after the "one Monday trip". In May 1st, Dong Yaozhong, director general of the Hongkong Tourism Industry Council, told the media in Hongkong that during the May Day holiday period, there were only 250 mainland tours on average, compared with the average 285 tours per day over the same period last year, a decrease of more than 10%. Su Jinliang, director of the Hongkong business and Economic Development Bureau, said yesterday that the number of passengers increased by 22% in May 1st compared with the same period last year. Among them, the number of mainland passengers rose by 24%, while the number of passengers in other areas increased by 14.7%.

How did the situation go? Reporters visited two shopping malls and shopping districts in Hongkong for several days, and found no crowding in shopping malls and shopping districts.

In the New Town Plaza, Sha Tin, which is most popular with mainland tourists, the journalist observed for two days in a row that the passenger flow was almost the same as usual on Saturday and Sunday. Relatively speaking, the market of electrical appliances, sporting goods and Tian Tian Department stores is crowded. At 13:30, a number of Japanese restaurants and public dining areas in Tian Tian Department store have to wait for a long time. According to the observation, the number of local guests in Hongkong is quite similar to that in the mainland.

Mr. Sun, who came shopping in Shenzhen from Hong Kong, crossed the border from Futian port early in the morning. Market Too many people, shopping queues, and found that the mall is not different from the usual weekend. Mr. Sun said his visa would not expire until September. "One Monday trip" has nothing to do with him and his family. "But after a Monday trip, it did come. Hong Kong Plan your trip ahead of time and prepare a shopping list, otherwise you will be delayed for a week. " For the "one Monday trip" policy, Mr Sun's wife, Zhang, said: "it's really convenient to sign a number of lines, but it takes a long time to go through the customs. Especially at weekends, people who look at the hall are really having a headache."

Sha Tin Plaza, linked to new City Plaza, Mainland passengers Less, mostly nearby Hongkong residents. At the gate of Wei news, Miss Huang, a local resident, said that Sha Tin was still quiet, and there was no need to worry about queuing when he went out with his family. Over the past few years, too many tourists have had a great impact on the lives of local people. Often quarrels, there are several queuing payments, inexplicably, the mainland guests come in from behind to ask for a checkout. When traveling by bus, many children in the mainland made a lot of noise, and they stepped on chairs. They are not willing to say so. "In recent years, we hardly dare go to shopping malls on Saturday and Sunday, but we can only go to some places where mainland guests do not go too much. So looking forward to the "one Monday trip" can make our life return to normal, although I know that the effect may be limited.

In Tsuen Wan, an inexpensive consumer area in Hongkong, reporters visited Tsuen Xindi, Tsuen Wan Plaza and the old thousand colored shops. Among them, thousand colored shops are mainly local customers in Hongkong, and there are not many mainland tourists in Tsuen Wan square and Tsuen Xin world. "Today's mainland passengers are less than this time last year," said Miss Song, a cosmetics shop clerk at thousand color store. "The effect of a Monday trip" is not yet seen. In life, I certainly hope that Hongkong will be quiet, but at work, there will be fewer passengers in the mainland, and my income will be much less. "

At 15 o'clock in May 2nd, reporters in Guangdong Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, a big gathering, found that luxury stores in this place had a short queuing phenomenon except for Gucci and other shops. Most of the shops had roughly the same passenger flow as usual. Comparatively speaking, many jewellery and watch shops seem to be more chilly and sparsely populated. Nandu reporters observed that there were no guests entering the ten minutes of individual clock shops, and the occasional guests did not see shopping.