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The 1.25 million mainland Chinese tourists who visited Hong Kong during the Lunar New Year holiday “intensified the city’s ambience” and boosted the catering and retail industries, the government has said. The Immigration Department recorded around 1.436 million inbound visitors through multiple sea, land and air control points between February 10 and 17, the government said in a statement on Sunday. Around 1.255 million tourists – or close to 90 per cent – were from mainland China, where its residents enjoyed an eight-day break during Lunar New Year. The daily average of mainland Chinese visi...
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Hong Kong has recorded over 471,000 inbound mainland tourists in the first three days of the Lunar New Year break. A tourism industry representative said about 200 mainland tour groups visited the city during the period, representing around two-thirds of pre-pandemic levels. A total of 471,490 mainland visitors came to the city between Saturday and Monday – the first Lunar New Year holiday since all Covid-19 travel restrictions were lifted last April. Both Sunday and Monday saw over 180,000 mainland tourist arrivals, according to figures kept by the Immigration Department. Speaking on an RTHK ...
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Hong Kong has been celebrating the Year of the Dragon with the return of the Lunar New Year parade, after a five-year break, and a 23-minute HK$13 million fireworks display. Police say over 338,000 people witnessed Sunday’s fireworks display. “We’re all here to welcome the Year of the ‘Loong,'” Chief Executive John Lee said at Saturday’s parade in Tsim Sha Tsui. “In Chinese culture, the “loong” – people usually call it the dragon – symbolises nobility, good fortune and vitality. It’s going to be a year of auspicious opportunities, and dragon-sized blessings for us all.” Help safeguard press fr...
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Hongkongers have flocked to festive fairs to buy flowers and other seasonal adornments as the city prepares to mark its first Lunar New Year on Saturday since all Covid-19 pandemic restrictions were lifted. At the city’s largest Lunar New Year Fair at Causeway Bay’s Victoria Park, which runs until midnight on February 10, multiple variations on the Year of the Dragon theme were on display – from balloons to stuffed animals – as well as flowers believed to be auspicious. Once host to stalls selling satirical items from pro-democracy parties, the government bids for stalls by members of the Demo...
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New York (AFP) - A smattering of firecrackers, the odd lion dance and a lone drummer: New York's Chinatown turned the page on a year it was ravaged by the pandemic and virus stigmatization with subdued celebrations Friday. No annual parade or large family gatherings greeted the Lunar New Year. Just relief at the passing of the Year of Rat and hope that the Year of the Ox will bring a turnaround in fortunes. "Of course I'm happy the year has finished," says Jenny Li, as a slow trickle of shoppers stop at her gift store to buy lanterns, tubes of confetti and red envelopes synonymous with Chinese...
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Hanoi (AFP) - The US ambassador to Vietnam has rapped a Lunar New Year video to the country that has set the local internet alight, drawing a measure of admiration -- and cringing -- from those who've watched it. Daniel Kritenbrink, a career diplomat who served previously in Kuwait, China and Japan, is featured roaming the streets of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City wearing headphones and rhyming a Tet message to the country. He was accompanied by enthusiastic local music stars as they drank coffee and sampled Vietnamese snacks. The Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet, is the most important annual ...
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