Uhulumeni we-HKSAR umemezele ukuthi ukwehliswa kokugqoka imaskhi okuphoqelekile umthetho oqale ukusebenza ngomhla ka-1 Mashi. Zonke izivakashi ezivakashela e-Hong Kong ngeke zisadingeka ukuthi zigqoke imaski ngaphakathi nangaphandle futhi zingajabulela ukuzizwisa kwe-Hong Kong okuyisithombe nokusha ngokugcwele.
Ngokwethulwa komkhankaso wokukhangisa emhlabeni wonke othi “Sawubona Hong Kong,” kuza amathikithi endiza amahhala angu-500,000, kanye nezaphulelo zedolobha lonke ezihlanganisa “Okuhle eHong Kong” amavawusha okusebenzisa izivakashi ukuheha abahambi ukuthi beze bazozizwela ukukhanga okuhlukahlukene kwaseHong Kong.
UDkt. Pang Yiu-kai, uSihlalo weBhodi Lezokuvakasha LaseHong Kong (HKTB), wathi: “I-Hong Kong isibuyele ebalazweni kubahambi bomhlaba wonke, ngesasasa elikhulu kunanini ngaphambili. Samukela ukwamukela okukhulu kakhulu emhlabeni ngomkhankaso othi 'Sawubona Hong Kong', simema abangani abavela yonke indawo njengoba bebuyela kwenye yezindawo ezihamba phambili zokuvakasha emhlabeni. Nginesiqiniseko sokuthi isiko lase-Hong Kong eliqhakazile lasempumalanga-lihlangana nentshonalanga, kanye nezindawo zethu ezikhangayo eziyinqaba nezintsha kanye nolwazi olujulile kuzoheha abahambi ukuthi babuye ohambweni oluyingqophamlando, olungasoze lwalibaleka.”
UMnu. Jack So, uSihlalo we-Airport Authority Hong Kong uthe: “Lawa mathikithi athengwa ngesikhathi esibi kakhulu ubhubhane, okubonisa ukuqiniseka kwethu ngekusasa lemboni yezindiza yaseHong Kong. Lo mkhankaso uzokhiqiza umphumela ophindaphindekayo ekukhuliseni ukugcwala kwezindiza kanye nokukhangisa okukhulu kwe-Hong Kong. Selokhu kwehliswa imingcele yohambo kanye nezidingo zokuvalelwa kwabahambi abangenayo ngonyaka odlule, ukugcwala kwabagibeli esikhumulweni sezindiza i-HKIA sekuqalile ukwanda, ikakhulukazi kwikota yokugcina. Siphinde saba nesiqalo esihle sika-2023 ngokuqala kabusha kohambo olujwayelekile ne-Mainland. I-HKIA ibilokhu iyisikhungo esikhulu sezindiza zamazwe ngamazwe. Siyaqiniseka ukuthi izimoto zabagibeli zizoqhubeka nokwenyuka.”
Ukuheha ama-globetrotters ukuthi aqale ukuvakasha osekunesikhathi eside elindelwe eHong Kong, amathikithi endiza amahhala angu-500,000 azonikezwa yi-Airport Authority Hong Kong ezimakethe ezahlukene ngezigaba, ngokusebenzisa izinkampani ezintathu zezinkampani ezizinze ekhaya okuyiCathay Pacific Airways, Hong Kong Express kanye Izindiza zaseHong Kong, kusukela ngoMashi.
Okokuzizwisa Okusha Nemicimbi YaseHong Kong
Okuphawuleka kakhulu phakathi kwenqwaba yentuthuko entsha e-Hong Kong i-M+ kanye ne-Hong Kong Palace Museum e-West Kowloon Cultural District, i-Peak Tram entsha yesizukulwane sesithupha, i-Water World Ocean Park, umbukiso omusha wasebusuku othi “Momentous” e-Hong Kong. I-Disneyland kanye nezindawo ezihamba phambili zamanzi ezithuthukisiwe ezinikeza izindlela ezintsha ezinhle zokubuka iVictoria Harbour. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-Hong Kong izosingatha ikhalenda lonyaka wonke lemicimbi engaphezu kuka-250 kanye nefestivali phakathi no-2023. Okugqamile kufaka phakathi i-Hong Kong Marathon, i-Clockenflap music festival, Art Basel, Museum Summit 2023, Hong Kong Rugby Sevens, Hong Kong Wine kanye I-Dine Festival, kanye Nemikhosi Yokubalwa Kwenyaka Omusha, ebonisa ukukhanga okuguquguqukayo nokuhlukile kwedolobha. I-Hong Kong futhi inemicimbi engaphezu kwe-100 ye-MICE yamazwe ngamazwe ehlelelwe u-2023.
