The tourism sector accounts for about 4.5% of Hong Kong's GDP and employs around 260,000 people.
HONG KONG - The impact of the novel coronavirus on Hong Kong's tourism sector is unprecedented and the city can hope to start seeing things returning to normal by July, in part by trying to develop new markets, the head of the tourism board told Reuters.
Dane Cheng, executive director of the Hong Kong Tourism Board, said it would focus on boosting local consumer spending, attracting more mainland visitors and promoting the city to new markets such as India and Vietnam and to Muslim tourists."By that time, you could see things resume to normal. The border of Hong Kong reopening, air services resuming, that is the time for us to move on and start our recovery plan.
Cheng was speaking hours before the government announced relief measures worth HK$137.5 billion to help businesses and people crippled by the coronavirus outbreak to stay on their feet.
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