The government announced that it will relax the entry quarantine measures to "0+3" starting from Monday (26th), which has rekindled many people's desire to travel abroad. Leung Pak-yin, the former chief executive of the Hospital Authority, expects retaliatory outbound travel today (25th). This made the business environment of retail restaurants even worse.
He hopes that the government will fully relax the entry quarantine as soon as possible, as well as relax social distancing and catering business restrictions at the same time, in order to revitalize the economy and people's livelihood.
Huang Jiahe, president of the Food and Beverage Association, said that 500,000 to 800,000 people will leave Hong Kong for festival tourism representatives, which is equivalent to more than 10% of the entire population leaving Hong Kong, and business will decrease by 10%. "Tell me, Especially in the cold winter, local domestic consumption has weakened, and foreign tourists have not yet arrived.” The business environment of the catering industry will be worse.
Huang Jielong, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Xu Fu Lou Group (1978), said that the catering control measures of "0+0" and "exemption may be exempted" can truly help the catering industry to survive the economic winter.
▼On September 24th, some citizens went to Mong Kok Bank Center Travel Agency to inquire about "0+3" outbound tours▼
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Lu Chongmao, director of the Medical and Health Bureau, said on the radio program "Speak Clearly" this morning (25th) that the current number of epidemics has dropped, and public hospital services have begun to return to normal, admitting that there is room to consider relaxing social distancing measures.
But when will it relax?
Lu said that it will be as soon as possible, but it is difficult to formulate a "return to normal roadmap."
If short-distance tourists can't enter restaurants, Hong Kong's attractiveness will be reduced
Leung Pak-yin also posted on Facebook this afternoon with the title "The Road to Normalcy (15)", pointing out that the epidemic situation in Hong Kong has stabilized, and the conservative epidemic prevention policy is no longer appropriate.
He pointed out that the relaxation of entry quarantine measures "0+3" is a major progress in returning to normal, but if social distancing and restaurant epidemic prevention restrictions are not relaxed as soon as possible, there will be sequelae.
Leung Pak-yin explained that most of the tourists visiting Hong Kong are short-distance tourists. If they cannot enter restaurants or other consumption places, the attractiveness of Hong Kong will be greatly reduced; and citizens will also travel in revenge due to anti-epidemic fatigue, which means that citizens who stay in Hong Kong for consumption reduce.
Therefore, he said, if there are no tourists spending in Hong Kong to fill the economic gap, the business environment of retail restaurants will be even worse.
Therefore, he suggested that entry quarantine should be fully relaxed as soon as possible, as well as social distancing and catering business restrictions should be relaxed at the same time, in order to revitalize the economy and people's livelihood.
Leung Pak-yin, the former chief executive of the Hospital Authority, pointed out today (25th) that retaliatory outbound travel is expected, which may worsen the business environment of retail restaurants.
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Huang Jiahe expects 500,000 to 800,000 people to travel abroad during Christmas
Huang Jiahe, president of the Food and Beverage Association, said that even with the "0+3" measures, passengers still need to do regular nucleic acid tests, and they also have a yellow code. The measure only facilitates short-distance business travelers who "pump and leave", and will not help the catering industry.
He also pointed out that after the implementation of "0+3", many citizens immediately book short- or long-distance air tickets for travel, and it is expected that a large number of citizens will travel abroad during the Christmas period.
He said that 500,000 to 800,000 people will leave Hong Kong for festival tourism, which is equivalent to more than 10% of the entire population, and business will decrease by 10%. The business environment of the catering industry will be worse.
Huang Jiahe said that even with the "0+3" measures, passengers still need to do regular nucleic acid tests, and they also have a yellow code.
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It is estimated that the consumption coupons will flow to the purchase of air tickets and travel supplies
Huang Jiahe also pointed out that even the electronic consumption vouchers issued on October 1 will not help stimulate the catering business, because the public may use the consumption vouchers to buy air tickets and travel supplies.
Although there are still many citizens staying in Hong Kong, compared with the high-spending group of outbound travel, the consumption intensity of residents in Hong Kong may not be greater.
At present, restaurants are trying their best to attract diners, including the introduction of meal coupons and discounts, but it is absolutely impossible to reduce it. "Many restaurants have suffered very hard." It is estimated that "three or hundreds" of restaurants are expected to close in the short term, describing the situation as worrying.
Huang Jielong also said that due to the impact of the epidemic, citizens have been trapped in Hong Kong for a long time. Since the quarantine measures were changed to "0+3", Hong Kong people's desire to travel abroad has greatly increased.
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Promoting "0+0" to help the catering industry survive the economic winter
Huang Jielong also said that, affected by the epidemic, citizens have been trapped in Hong Kong for a long time. Since the quarantine measures were changed to "0+3", Hong Kong people's desire to travel abroad has greatly increased, which not only caused the SAR passport reservation and application page to be crowded, but also the website of Cathay Pacific Airways. It seems that the application for consumption coupons on the same day (exploding) is exaggerated.”
He believes that it is understandable for citizens to travel, "but the key is whether there is a way to attract the same large number of tourists back to Hong Kong", showing that "0+3" cannot attract ordinary tourists, but only business tourists.
Huang Jielong emphasized that he understands that these phenomena are in the process of returning to normal. Seeing that the current epidemic press conference has been suspended, and the Hong Kong government has indicated that it will not go back, "this time it is very sure that it will be normal." .
However, he also mentioned that the key at the moment is "when will it return to normal? What is the definition of normality?" Huang suggested that "0+0" means complete exemption from quarantine, and the catering control measures of "exemption if possible" can really help. The catering industry has passed through the economic winter.
0+3｜Lu Chongmao pointed out that it is difficult to set a timetable for returning to normal, and he is worried about "the road is destroyed and people are killed".
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