Hong Kong receives twice as many mainland Chinese visitors on New Year’s Day

Twice as many mainland Chinese visitors arrived in Hong Kong on New Year’s Day compared with January 1 in 2025, with a lawmaker attributing the surge to a three-day holiday across the border. Alan Chan Chung-yee, a legislator and chief operating officer of Miramar Group, also said on Friday that deteriorating relations between China and Japan had prompted some mainland travellers to opt for Hong Kong instead. “To mainlanders, Hong Kong has a better Christmas atmosphere as the festival isn’t big...