Hong Kong to step up crackdown on coerced shopping, scams during Labour Day ‘golden week’

Hong Kong will step up law enforcement against coerced shopping, unlicensed tour guides and unfair sales practices targeting visitors during mainland China’s Labour Day “golden week”, the city’s tourism minister has said. Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Rosanna Law Shuk-pui said on Saturday that hotel occupancy rates in Hong Kong were expected to exceed 90 per cent during the period, with the government estimating 980,000 mainland visitors, up 7 per cent from the same holiday last...

By Leopold Chen