Hong Kong leaders are confused as to why tourists and business travelers are not willing to enter the city due to the requirement of three nights of hotel quark followed by four days of medical supervision without access to many facilities.
There have been indications from Hong Kong that the city may soon change its entry requirements and remove the current mandatory hotel quarantine of three nights, but it's not clear if the medical monitoring and self-monitoring periods with extensive testing will stay.
There is a vaccine pass requirement to enter most facilities.
The vaccine pass can be applied for by foreigners.
You have to wait for the Vaccine Pass to turn to Blue before you can enter most establishments in the city. You can use public transportation and walk outside.
Hong Kong’s finance chief has admitted the current Covid-19 quarantine arrangement may discourage tourists and business travellers from coming to the city and vowed the government will roll out “bold” measures soon to reverse a “worrying” loss of talent.
Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po made the pledge on Monday at an event organised by the European Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, attended by other business lobbies, diplomats and representatives from the money management industry.
Pointing to the current “3+4” arrangement requiring three days of hotel quarantine and four more under home medical surveillance, Chan said the approach “might be acceptable to the locals, but we know it might not be good enough in terms of attracting tourists and international business travellers”.
It was the conclusion.
If the leaders of Hong Kong thought that leisure and business visitors were willing to accept the current entry requirements, they would be detached from reality.
I am worried that Hong Kong will continue the medical monitoring after the requirement is removed. This isn't sufficient.
Visitors and business travelers won't enter until all the hurdles are gone.
What is the purpose of going to Hong Kong if you can only eat in your hotel room, but can't use most of the facilities?
Most locals who travel outside of Hong Kong accept many limitations when they return, but they aren't popular with visitors.
Hong Kong isn't competitive until the burdens to enter the city are gone.
Many ex-pats have given up and moved somewhere else. The inability of the city to respond reasonably to Covid-19 has caused businesses to move operations to other cities in Asia.
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