Lack of National Games tickets for groups a snag for Hong Kong's tourism sector
Yeung Sai-hing, general manager of culture, sport and tourism at China Travel Service, the designated offline ticket seller for Hong Kong events, said on Thursday that his agency was striving to create more travel products, but the organising committee had not made any block bookings available.
'Currently, there is nothing specifically reserved for group tickets or packages,' he told a radio programme.
'But I think, based on the ticketing situation, there is a great need, because the market has this need, and we must satisfy different customer groups … and we also want to launch [more] tourism products.'
Timothy Chui Ting-pong, executive director of the Hong Kong Tourism Association, also noted a 'mismatch' between the short-notice travel habits of Greater Bay Area tourist groups and the time needed to arrange tour packages that include attending competitions at the National Games.
'As the tickets are mainly sold to individual travellers as separate tickets, it may not be possible to coordinate and design tourism products that will allow people to visit the events,' Chui said.
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