Summary
In the dinner talk, Dr. Li discussed the economic impacts of tourism in HK, key issues to be resolved for the sustainability of HK’s tourism industry and his insights for planning the future tourism of Hong Kong.
Dr. Li pointed out that most of the spending by overnight visitors and same-day in-town visitors from the Mainland China was on shopping. He considered that “shopping” was dictating the nature of Hong Kong tourism industry and said that this nature of tourism would be easily copied by competitors. He suggested that Hong Kong should develop a unique attraction and ecotourism/culture tourism was one of the solutions. Dr. Li believed that ecotourism would attract tourists to stay overnight and spend more on other areas, such as hotel and meals.
Dr. Li said that there are many country parks and nature scenic spots in Hong Kong and a high percentage of them is properly protected. These are with good potential for developing ecotourism and the government should make use of such advantages to develop new attractions in Hong Kong.
(With Dr. Li’s kind permission, his PPT of his speech can be viewed here.)
PresentationSDA Dinner Talk
Date︰
30 October 2015
Speaker︰
Dr. Li Yi Ping
Principal Lecturer, Department of Geography,
The University of Hong Kong
Topic of speech︰
Landscapes of Hong Kong: Ecotourism & Future of the Tourism Industry
Venue︰
The CGCC Members Club, 6/F Chamber’s Building, 24-25 Connaught Road, Central, Hong Kong