Tung didn’t expose the full choice of long-haul guests to the appeal from January to mid-Might, however stated they amounted to about 15 consistent with cent of site visitors over the length.
Lengthy-haul guests made up 22 consistent with cent of shoppers over the similar week body in pre-pandemic 2018.
Tung, a veteran of the tourism trade with 20 years of enjoy, has labored with K11 Ideas, Hong Kong Disneyland, the Tourism Board, Australian airline Qantas and the town’s now-closed Cathay Dragon airline when it was once referred to as Dragonair.
He added that he was once assured that long-haul consumers would go back as aviation capability endured to develop.
Tung stated that day by day customer numbers between January and mid-Might have been up 40 consistent with cent era on era, buoyed via the Southeast Asian issue.
Guests from the Philippines had discoverable the most powerful expansion at 107 consistent with cent and the choice of passengers from Thailand had surpassed the determine recorded in 2018 via 15 consistent with cent, he stated.
“The Philippines has now become one of our most important markets in Asia,” Tung stated.
Tourism Board statistics display the Philippines was once the town’s govern recovered marketplace for guests endmost era at about 85 consistent with cent of pre-pandemic ranges.
The town welcomed 264,239 Filipino vacationers within the first quarter of 2024, up 135 consistent with cent at the numbers from the similar length six years in the past.
Tung stated vacationers from the Philippines had historically targeted at the town’s theme terrains, however may now be on the lookout for a much broader area of leisure choices.
Customer spending on tickets was once additionally sturdy, with the quantity recorded from January to April up 27 consistent with cent era on era, Tung stated.
The determine additionally represented a 32 consistent with cent building up from 2018.
Tung stated “upselling” of its top rate Crystal Cabins, which property glass flooring, and the latest Crystal+ provider offered in December 2022 with clear flooring and partitions, had contributed to the expansion.
Ngong Ping 360 greater its price ticket costs via about 15 consistent with cent endmost October, however Tung stated there have been disagree plans on the month for extra will increase.
He added 10 extra Crystal+ cabins will connect the fleet from December this era, bringing the quantity in provider to twenty.
A spherical go back and forth between Tung Chung and Ngong Ping in a Crystal+ cabin prices HK$350 consistent with grownup, virtually 30 consistent with cent upper than the price of a seat in an ordinary one.
The appeal may even forming Doraemon-themed cabins and top rate items in mid-June as a part of the blue-and-white robotic cat’s “100% Doraemon & Friends” exhibition in Hong Kong.
Ronald Wu Keng-hou, the manager director of Grey Order Excursions and a Tourism Board member, stated guests from Thailand loved traveling the town’s Buddhist temples, which helped pressure passion in journeys to Hong Kong from the rustic.
“They may go to six or seven temples per trip … Che Kung, Wong Tai Sin, you name it,” he added.
Wu stated flights from the town to Thailand and the Philippines had recovered neatly as there was once a number of “non-traditional airlines” corresponding to AirAsia that had controlled to win again capability briefly.
