MICE Affairs Media Group, News Bureau, 19 Feb 2023
The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB)
successfully staged large scale trade outreach in India through a 2-city MICE roadshow
and at the Hong Kong Pavilion at SATTE 2023, India’s leading travel and tourism
trade exhibition, with an objective of introducing Hello Hong Kong campaign,
provide latest updates about the Hong Kong’s new developments, new experiences,
new tourism opportunities and to reactivate Hong Kong - India travel trade to
explore business opportunities over networking sessions.
HKTB led a delegation of 18 Hong Kong
trade partners that included Cathay Pacific Airways, iconic attractions such as
Hong Kong Disneyland Resorts, Ocean Park Hong Kong, Ngong Ping 360, key hotels
and leading destination management companies (DMCs) on a 2-city MICE roadshow that
saw enthusiastic participation from over 140 key India MICE travel trade
partners who reconnected with the Hong Kong stakeholders and deepened their destination
knowledge with Hong Kong's diverse new tourism products and experiences unique
to Hong Kong such as Art & Culture, Culinary Tourism, Great Green Outdoors
of Hong Kong, new and upgraded theme parks and indoor attractions, fully
rejuvenated waterfront promenade to marvel the view of the world’s most
beautiful skyline enveloping the Victoria Harbour.
In past few years
Hong Kong has unveiled new mega infrastructure like Hong Kong-Macao-Zhuhai
bridge and High-speed railways that not only offer excellent connectivity but
reduced travel time from Hong Kong to Greater Bay Area full of spectacular
tourist attractions, newest tourism developments such as 11 Skies the biggest
retail, dining & entertainment (RDE) Hub, Kai Tak Sports Park a
multi-purpose global sporting & wellness hub and West Kowloon District the
world largest cultural project dotted with newest Art & Culture attractions,
museums, unique event venues such as Hong Kong Palace Museum, M+, Xiqu Centre,
Art Park and Free Space that would delight our overseas visitors with high dose
of world-class immersive experience.
Speaking at the
occasion Puneet Kumar, Director, South Asia
& Middle East, Hong Kong Tourism Board
said, “We are absolutely thrilled to tell everyone that Hong Kong is
now fully open and ready to welcome visitors from around the world including
India. Hong Kong recently launched world’s biggest tourism invitation by giving
away 500,000 free air tickets and 1million Hong Kong Goodies worth HK$ 100 each as
welcome gifts to entice global travellers to visit and experience the world of
new discoveries in Hong Kong.”
He further added,
“City is ready to cheer our Indian visitors with new attractions such as
Magical night-time show “Momentous” at Hong Kong Disneyland Resorts, all weather
Water World Ocean Park, 6th Generation Peak Tram and exciting line
up of mega events and festivals starting from March 2023 such as Hong Kong
Rugby Sevens, Art Basel, Clockenflap Musical Festival and many more throughout
the year, there is never a dull moment in Hong Kong.”
For HKTB India is
an important emerging market with huge HK inbound potential in multiple
segments such as leisure travel, fly-cruise holidays, Bleisure and MICE. We
have always enjoyed tremendous love from our Indian visitors, corporates and
solid support from our trade partners. Hong Kong is open and seamlessly
connected with Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru on Cathay Pacific Airways.
