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政府資助綠色本地遊，僅持牌旅行社受惠，環保團體不包括在內。生態教育及資源中心科學事務經理張瑪珊質疑計劃只為「泵大旅客人數」，憂廉價本地一日遊湧現， 如2003年SARS期間一樣，「人多到踩冧郊野公園，垃圾量大增」。 張說，其組織一向舉辦生態深度遊，透過詳細講解及實驗等活動增進參加者環保知識，但因非持…

Tourists making trips to visit beloved movie and television locations is big business and getting bigger, especially in Hong Kong which for decades was the film capital of Asia Enthusiastically adopting kung fu poses, visitors to the statue of movie icon Bruce Lee, on the Avenue of Stars beside Victoria Harbour, get a kick out … Read more

After months of protests, tourist arrivals could fall by up to 40pc on last year, blowing a hole in the takings of restaurants, shops and hotels Hong Kong’s tourism, retail and dining sectors are bracing for the most dismal Christmas in decades, a slump brought on by the city’s worst political crisis since its return … Read more

政府10月向旅行社推出鼓勵計劃，按旅行社接待入境及出境過夜旅客的數目批出現金鼓勵，現仍未發放資助，料首批資助本月底前發出。但本地深度遊旅行社「活現香港」的共同創辦人陳智遠嘆沒受惠，指九成來港旅客屬自由行，政府要求旅行社須幫過夜旅客預訂香港住宿並提供證明，方可申請資助，批評申請門檻「脫節又離地」。 有…

自6月反修例運動至今，香港經受過萬發催淚彈，近6000人被捕，當中年輕人佔大多數。社會陷入撕裂狀態，到處充滿着憂慮、不滿，甚至絕望。然而，即使在亂世，青年發展仍是不能暫緩的重要議題，尤其在今天社會翻天覆地的變化中，青年人更是最關鍵的角色，社會需要重新認識這一代年輕人，才能建設未來的青年工作。 對此，…

Hong Kong will keep its spot as the world’s No 1 tourist destination for the 10th consecutive year in 2019, with pre-July arrivals – mainly from the mainland – mitigating the subsequent visitor slump caused by protests, a research firm has predicted. Visitor numbers will drop 8.7 per cent to 26.71 million for this year, … Read more

Red ink in a bleeding city as travellers check out After months of demonstrations a desperate tourism sector is crying out for help, but are government cash incentives and cut-price offers the best way to lure people back? A rare tranquillity has descended on the waterfront Avenue of Stars, on the Kowloon side of Victoria … Read more