Hong Kong tourism minister refutes claims of ‘pandering,’ expensive tourism policy

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Hong Kong tourism minister refutes claims of ‘pandering,’ expensive tourism policy

Hong Kong’s tourism minister has slammed a political commentator’s “fallacious” assertion that the city’s tourism policy had driven out high-value establishments and yielded weak economic returns. Mainland Chinese tourists in Hong Kong on May 2, 2024. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Citing tourism figures, Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Kevin Yeung said more than 760,000 tourists from mainland China crossed the border in Hong Kong over the Labo…