The Airport Authority will pre-purchase about 500,000 air tickets from four local airlines in 2020, and will distribute free air tickets to passengers after the epidemic to stimulate Hong Kong's tourism industry.
Chief Executive Lee Ka-chao announced today (2nd) that he has prepared 500,000 free air tickets to Hong Kong from different parts of the world, describing it as the biggest welcome gift, "the world's biggest welcome ever".
Lin Tianfu, chief executive of the Airport Authority, said that in addition to giving away 500,000 air tickets to foreign tourists, another 80,000 air tickets will be given to Hong Kong citizens this summer.
He also pointed out that another 80,000 air tickets will be given to passengers in the Greater Bay Area.
As for the distribution method, he pointed out that the airline will announce it later.
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▼January 22, New Year's Day, citizens go out to celebrate the New Year's Day▼
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Li Jiachao hosted the "Hello Hong Kong!" (Hello Hong Kong) launching ceremony today, delivered a speech in bilingual and trilingual, announced the plan to attract tourists to Hong Kong again, and first mentioned in English that 500,000 air tickets would be given away.
He then continued in Putonghua, saying that this year there will be different major events, such as finance, sports, innovation and technology, culture and art, food, wine, etc. There are countless large-scale exhibitions, and air tickets will be given away. Mainland and foreign tourists are welcome to come to Hong Kong more Walk around and see more.
AA and airlines increase the number of tickets to 700,000, 80,000 of which are sent to Hong Kong people
Lin Tianfu said that last year, in order to encourage citizens to get vaccinated against the new crown, he sent 60,000 air tickets to Hong Kong residents.
He continued to point out that the airline will give another 80,000 tickets to local citizens this summer, and another 80,000 tickets to tourists from the Greater Bay Area to attract them to Hong Kong. Therefore, together with the above-mentioned 500,000 tickets, there are actually more than 700,000 tickets in total. .
Asked how to distribute air tickets to Hong Kong people, Lin Tianfu said that the airline will announce the details later.
As for why it is necessary to wait for the summer to distribute, he explained that due to the large number, he hopes to distribute them in an orderly manner; moreover, summer vacation is the peak season for citizens to go out, and I believe the public will welcome it.
▼Market conditions on Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui on the third day of the new year on January 24▼
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Distribute air tickets｜Government will announce to send 500,000 pieces as soon as Thursday News: Hong Kong residents and tourists have Japanese flight restrictions｜After signing the statement, they can fly to Fukuoka as usual. Some Hong Kong people buy another ticket to Osaka as a backup for customs clearance in Mainland｜Cathay Pacific will go to Shanghai in January Air tickets have been sold out, which means increasing the transportation capacity to and from the mainland as much as possible. The Christmas outbound travel trend｜There are queues of passengers at multiple check-in counters. Passengers have spent tens of thousands of yuan to buy Japanese air tickets
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