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11-02-2014, 02:40 PM
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Democratic groups propose arrival tax of up to HK$100 to curb mainland visitors
Suggestion by democratic groups to charge visitors up to HK$100 is rejected by the tourism trade and labelled ‘brutal’ by one lawmaker
PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 11 February, 2014, 4:33am
UPDATED : Tuesday, 11 February, 2014, 10:12am
Jeffie Lam [email protected]
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Two democratic groups have proposed slapping an arrival tax of HK$20 to HK$100 on non-Hong Kong residents who enter the city by land as a means of curbing the influx of mainland visitors.
But the idea drew a hostile reaction from the tourist industry, which said it would damage the city's image, and a Beijing-friendly lawmaker who said it was a rather a "brutal" solution.
The biggest tax, HK$100, was suggested by radical group People Power. The Democratic Party proposed HK$20 to HK$50.
Concern about Hong Kong's ability to absorb mainland tourists has risen since commerce chief Greg So Kam-leung estimated last month that tourist numbers could climb 30 per cent to 70 million a year in three years, and to 100 million in a decade.
Watch: Can residential areas in New Territories handle mainland tourists?
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Democratic groups propose arrival tax of up to HK$100 to curb mainland visitors
Suggestion by democratic groups to charge visitors up to HK$100 is rejected by the tourism trade and labelled ‘brutal’ by one lawmaker
PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 11 February, 2014, 4:33am
UPDATED : Tuesday, 11 February, 2014, 10:12am
Jeffie Lam [email protected]
http://www.scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/486x302/public/2014/02/11/echannel_net.jpg?itok=20JVJPPW
Two democratic groups have proposed slapping an arrival tax of HK$20 to HK$100 on non-Hong Kong residents who enter the city by land as a means of curbing the influx of mainland visitors.
But the idea drew a hostile reaction from the tourist industry, which said it would damage the city's image, and a Beijing-friendly lawmaker who said it was a rather a "brutal" solution.
The biggest tax, HK$100, was suggested by radical group People Power. The Democratic Party proposed HK$20 to HK$50.
Concern about Hong Kong's ability to absorb mainland tourists has risen since commerce chief Greg So Kam-leung estimated last month that tourist numbers could climb 30 per cent to 70 million a year in three years, and to 100 million in a decade.
Watch: Can residential areas in New Territories handle mainland tourists?