Published on : Thursday, December 13, 2018
Under the theme of “Leveraging Belt and Road Initiative and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Bay Area Developing,” the convention was together arranged by the government of China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), the Hong Kong Tourism Board and the Travel Industry Council of Hong Kong.
Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong SAR Wang Zhimin, Commissioner of China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Hong Kong SAR Xie Feng and other guests took part in the convention.
While speaking at the convention, Carrie Lam, chief executive of the Hong Kong SAR, said, “I believe that Hong Kong is uniquely positioned to drive tourism opportunities emanating from the Belt and Road Initiative and the Greater Bay Area. And my government is committed to realizing Hong Kong’s tourism potential.”
Lam highlighted four main strategies for the tourism industry of Hong Kong, namely diversifying visitor source markets, providing tourism products with international and local characteristics, endorsing smart tourism and enhancing service quality.
Also, Lam emphasized that new infrastructure projects developing connectivity such as the Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge and the impending land control point at Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai can open up new opportunities hardly available before and provide a solid foundation for Hong Kong to serve as an international gateway of the Greater Bay Area.