Hong Kong and the mainland will resume inspection-free customs clearance in January next year. Before the epidemic, Hong Kong's tourism industry relied on mainland tourists, and the industry has expressed its welcome in recent days.
Some people in the industry estimate that if the inbound and outbound transport capacity is restored, mainland tour groups can be restarted before the Lunar New Year.
However, the tour guide union said that tour guides currently hold a wait-and-see attitude and only take up part-time jobs at most. They believe that if the salary does not change, it will be difficult to attract tour guides to give up their current stable jobs.
The union also pointed out that it has not heard of any mainland tour group planning to arrive in Hong Kong next month.
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Some citizens inquired from travel agencies about transportation arrangements in the Mainland
The National Health and Medical Commission announced the relaxation of quarantine measures last night. Starting from January 8 next year, people entering the mainland do not need to be quarantined. They only need to present a negative nucleic acid test report 48 hours before departure.
Cui Dingbang, director-general of the Tourism Promotion Association, said that in recent days, some citizens have inquired travel agencies about the transportation arrangements to and from the mainland. They believe that if the capacity of entry and exit is restored, it is believed that mainland tour groups can be restarted before the Lunar New Year.
In the past three years, the government has introduced the Employment Guarantee Scheme and the Administrative Support Scheme for the Tourism Vaccine Center to create a number of temporary jobs.
He said that some of the tourism practitioners or cross-border bus drivers have switched to other means of transportation, and he believes that it is necessary to attract them back to the tourism industry for the future switching needs.
Workers are worried about the repeated epidemic and hold a wait-and-see attitude
Huang Jiayi, president of the Hong Kong Federation of Tour Guides, said that after nearly three years of the epidemic, many tour guides have established themselves in other industries, so they hold a wait-and-see attitude and only hold part-time jobs at most.
"𠵱The epidemic situation in our country is not optimistic. If you give up this job to bring back the group, if there are more waves of outbreaks, you will not be able to reach the shore at both ends."
Advocate travel service fee to improve salary package
He believes that if the salary stability of the industry improves, for example, it can refer to the tour guide service fee introduced in other places, and charge a tour guide fee to each inbound group tourist. Industry.
"If there are 20 people in a car, and each person is charged 50 yuan, then the daily salary is already 1,000 yuan."
As for the assistant position of the testing center, although the monthly salary can be as high as about 30,000 yuan, he believes that the center will always be closed for a long time. If the salary and protection are sufficient, workers are also willing to reduce their salary and return to their jobs.
However, he said that he has not heard of a tour group from the mainland and is planning to arrive in Hong Kong next month. At present, only a small number of workers are in charge of the tour group.
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