The Hong Kong Tourism Board announced that visitors to the city are eligible for 300,000 free and discounted tickets on MTR-run trains in the city, from March 28, as part of the Hello Hong Kong campaign. The Hong Kong Jockey Club is also giving out tourist packages as part of the initiative. Tourists will get 100,000 single-journey tickets on the Airport Express worth HK$115 each, from or to Hong Kong Station. They can also claim 100,000 MTR adult tourist day passes with a value of HK$130 for two passes. In addition, travellers on the High Speed Rail are eligible for…
Author: Anjali Muthanna
Anjali Muthanna
From the Middle East to the Far East and a couple of places in between, Anjali has lived in no fewer than seven cities in Asia, and has travelled extensively in the region. She worked as a lifestyle journalist in India before coming to Hong Kong, where her favourite thing to do is island-hopping with her daughter. You can check out her musings on motherhood, courtesy her Instagram profile.
The Hong Kong International Dragon Boat Races will take place on June 24 and 25, after a four-year hiatus. The 500-metre race route on Victoria Harbour will run along the promenade from East Tsim Sha Tsui to the Avenue of Stars. Registrations for the event open from March 20-April 3. The races are open to participants aged between 12 and 70 as of January 1, 2023. The event can accommodate around 40 international and 120 local dragon boat teams, and each team can participate in as many events as they like. Mainland, Taiwanese, and overseas teams can sign up for…
China will resume visa-free entry for tourists travelling from Hong Kong to Hainan Island, Guangdong, and to Shanghai on cruise ships, starting March 15. China will also begin issuing tourist visas to foreigners. Multi-year multi-entry visas issued before March 28, 2020 by the Chinese visa authorities will be valid. In addition, tour groups from ASEAN countries do not need visas to enter Guili in Guangxi, from March 15. In February this year, China eased entry requirements for cross-border visitors from Hong Kong by dropping its pre-departure PCR testing requirements for travellers and ending its daily quota system. Macau also scrapped…
Malaysian Chinese actress Michelle Yeoh won the Best Lead Actress Oscar at the 95th Academy Awards, making her the first Asian woman to win the golden statuette in the history of the awards show. Yeoh’s win at the ceremony was for her role as Evelyn Wang in Everything Everywhere All At Once, which won a total of seven awards at the 2023 edition of the awards. “For all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities. This is proof that dreams dream big and dreams do come true. And…
Last month, Financial Secretary Paul Chan announced that all Hong Kong residents eligible for permanent residency and new Mainland arrivals to the city will get digital consumption vouchers worth HK$5,000 this year as part of the 2023-2024 budget. Speaking at a press conference on Friday, Chan announced that the first installment of HK$3,000 will be disbursed on April 16, 2023, and the second installment of HK$2,000 on July 16, 2023. Non-Hong Kong residents in the city to study or through different admission programmes will receive vouchers worth HK$2,500. They will get the first payment of HK$1,500 on April 16, and…
The Hong Kong Flower Show will take place at Victoria Park from March 10-19, 2023. The theme for the upcoming edition of the show is Bliss in Bloom and the featured flower is the hydrangea, which will be displayed in the form of potted plants, floral arrangements, and landscape displays. There will also be 42 stalls at which visitors can buy flowers and other horticultural products. There will also be handicraft, book, and photographic equipment stalls. However, there will be no food and drink stalls. The show will also have other events, such as drawing, photography, and plant exhibit competitions,…
Greater Bay Airlines is joining the Hong Kong government’s 500,000 free airline ticket giveaway campaign, World of Winners, which is part of the city’s Hello Hong Kong initiative. The airline will distribute free round-trip tickets to tourists to Hong Kong from Taipei and Seoul, starting May 2023. The airline will distribute its first round of tickets to visitors from Taipei in May, and will follow this up with a giveaway to travellers from Seoul in July. Greater Bay Airlines will update its website with more information, such as about how tourists can win their tickets to the SAR and how…
Hong Kong is giving away 500,000 free airline tickets to tourists as part of Hong Kong International Airport’s World of Winners campaign, which is part of the government’s Hello Hong Kong programme. The winners of this initiative are also eligible for other rewards, which they can claim at various attractions, hotels and malls across the city. Here are the rewards the winners can claim as long as they present their World of Winners notification email upon making a booking or redeeming their prizes: Hong Kong Disneyland Reignite the Magic: Winners can get a free upgrade to a two-day ticket (HK$759…
Hong Kong Airlines is giving away 6,000 free round-trip economy tickets to Hong Kong from three cities in Southeast Asia as part of the government’s Hello Hong Kong campaign. Travellers can win tickets from Bangkok, Hanoi, and Manila to the SAR on a first-come-first-served basis by participating in the airlines’ Click & Go initiative. Phase 1 of the Click & Go scheme will run till March 15, and the winners can use the tickets between March 1 and October 26, 2023. Hong Kong Airlines will give the tickets away based on the following schedule: ROUTETRAVEL PERIODNUMBER OF TICKETSBangkok-Hong KongApril 17-May…
Hong Kong began relaxing its strict anti-epidemic restrictions at the end of 2022. It most recently began allowing unvaccinated non-residents to enter the city and not enforcing home or hospital isolation for Covid-19 patients. Mandatory quarantine on arrival was also scrapped in September last year. The only requirement still remaining to enter Hong Kong is the COVID-19 testing. Except for arrivals from mainland China and Macau, all travellers above age three must take a RAT test (within 24 hours of flying) or a PCR test (within 48 hours of flying). They must keep a photo of the negative COVID-19 test report for 90 days.…