Hong Kong's Super March has attracted a large number of visitors. Financial Secretary Paul Chan said in a blog post today (March 30) that Hong Kong received more than 3.4 million visitors in March, a year-on-year increase of about 12 percent, including about 960,000 non-Mainland visitors, and that hotels in peak districts have recently achieved occupancy rates of close to 90 percent, resulting in an increase in the number of people in the market.
Chan said the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens is expected to have a record-breaking attendance of 140,000, with more than 60 corporate boxes in the stadium already fully booked. For Art Basel, which is being held at the Wan Chai Convention and Exhibition Center, the organizer expects attendance for the five-day event to be higher than last year's 75,000 visitors.
Chan mentioned that many galleries have told him that their sales have been good this year, and some of their exhibits were even sold out during the preview period. The ComplexCon held earlier is also booming, with a total of 35,000 attendees this year, a year-on-year increase of 16%, and a total sales value of more than HK$87 million for the three-day event. In addition, a number of major financial conferences were held in Hong Kong last week, attracting thousands of participants from a wide range of business and financial enterprises, family offices, international organizations and academia.
Chan said that feedback received from interactions with international guests indicated that they considered that Hong Kong had regained its vitality and dynamism, and that their perception of Hong Kong had become more positive and active. They also hoped to explore more investment opportunities in the Mainland and the region through Hong Kong as a platform.
He stressed that the government will continue to promote the mega-events economy, in particular by organizing large-scale events, summits and exhibitions with distinctive and attractive themes to attract more high value-added business visitors to Hong Kong, thereby bringing more business opportunities to the various related sectors in Hong Kong; and to encourage and support the business sector to develop more distinctive commodities and services as well as to enhance the consumer experience.
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