The epidemic is repeated, customs clearance is indefinite, and the tourism industry is dying.
The Federation of Hong Kong Tourism Organizations, composed of tour guides, tour leaders, and tour bus driver union representatives, went to petition outside the government headquarters today (27), urging relevant government departments to actively communicate with the mainland and Macau governments, and strive to clear customs with the mainland and Macau as soon as possible. Restart cross-border tourist groups to save the industry.
The alliance urges the government to summon the courage to fight back to overcome obstacles in the way, and make every effort to achieve the conditions required for customs clearance.
The Alliance of Hong Kong Tourism Organizations urges the Hong Kong government to actively communicate with the Mainland and Macau, and strive to clear customs with the Mainland and Macau as soon as possible.
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Restart the cross-border delegation with the Mainland and Macau to rescue the industry
According to the Travel Industry Alliance, many employees in the travel industry were forced to suspend work during the epidemic, but seeing that the vaccination rate in Hong Kong has approached 70% and the epidemic is showing signs of easing, it initiated a petition today and filed a petition with Pan Zhaoping, a member of the Labour Legislative Council. Submitted the petition letter, expecting Pan Zhaoping to reflect the demands of the industry workers to the government, and urge the relevant departments to actively communicate with the mainland and Macau governments, strive to clear customs with the mainland and Macau as soon as possible, and restart the cross-border tourism group between Hong Kong and the mainland and Macau to rescue the industry.
Clearing customs with the mainland can solve both the symptoms and root causes, hope the government will overcome the obstacles in the way
The alliance emphasizes that tourism is one of the pillars of the Hong Kong economy, with 250,000 employees. The entire industry has been devastated by the epidemic. The Travel Industry Alliance agrees that the government has repeatedly introduced relief measures for the industry to help alleviate the plight of employees.
However, striving for customs clearance with the mainland and restarting tourism activities is a solution to both the symptoms and the root causes.
The Travel Industry Alliance hopes that the government can summon the courage to fight back, overcome obstacles in the way, and make every effort to achieve the required conditions for customs clearance.
Temporary positions at the vaccination center will reduce travel industry workers or second unemployment
Huang Jiayi, chairman of the Hong Kong Tour Guides Federation, pointed out that the industry has suspended work for about two years and hopes that the government and the mainland will strive to clear customs as soon as possible so that inbound tour groups can resume.
He said that although the government has created temporary positions in vaccination centers for the industry and related positions will be postponed until the end of this year, each center position will be reduced by about 20, which means that some industries will be unemployed again. One-off allowance and provide more short-term jobs for the industry.
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