In recent times, tens of thousands of Hong Kong people have spent money to buy "injection-free paper", which has made the already severe epidemic prevention situation in Hong Kong worsen. The epidemic that Hong Kong has been unable to alleviate has also caused many Hong Kong merchants who are looking forward to achieving normal customs clearance with the mainland to face a more difficult situation.
According to Hong Kong media, the old company "Kangtai Travel Agency", which has been standing in the Hong Kong tourism industry for 56 years, finally couldn't hold on and embarked on the road of liquidation on October 28. In January this year, another once glorious Hong Kong tourism company also announced its bankruptcy and liquidation. Even these two large travel companies could not withstand the pressure, and other small and medium-sized travel agencies had gone bankrupt even earlier. Currently, Hong Kong's tourism companies have been almost "destroyed".
The main reason why Hong Kong tourism companies went bankrupt one after another is that Hong Kong's epidemic prevention has been delayed in meeting the requirements of normal customs clearance with the mainland, resulting in a sharp drop in mainland tourists. Once upon a time, Hong Kong was the most passionate tourist and shopping place for mainland people. In 2018, before the "Amendment Bill Storm" broke out, 80% of the 65.15 million tourists arrived in Hong Kong were mainlanders.
Although the number of mainland tourists decreased after the outbreak of the "Amendment Bill Storm", 55.91 million people still visited Hong Kong in 2019, of which 80% of the mainland people still accounted for. Judging from this figure, Hong Kong tourism companies rely entirely on the survival and development of mainland tourists. Now that there are no mainland tourists, they have to close their doors and businesses after struggling to support them.
So many mainland tourists visit Hong Kong, not only tourism companies are popular, but other industries including hotels, retail, catering, entertainment, transportation, etc. have also ushered in the "spring" of development. Unexpectedly, these tourism companies survived the "man-made disaster" of the "Amendment Bill Storm" and fell in front of the natural disaster of the new crown epidemic.
In fact, the successive bankruptcy of Hong Kong tourism companies is also a "man-made disaster". In order to achieve normal customs clearance with the mainland, the Hong Kong government has implemented the same " dynamic clearance " epidemic prevention policy as the mainland. But Hong Kong rioters who are stubborn are damaging the Hong Kong government's epidemic prevention measures. After the outbreak of the new crown epidemic in Hong Kong, a few Hong Kong rioters not only failed to cooperate with the epidemic prevention requirements, but also maliciously spread the virus after being infected with the new crown virus, so that the epidemic in Hong Kong has been unable to be effectively controlled for a long time. Their intentions and actions are extremely vicious and harsh.
We see that when the Hong Kong government was preparing to launch the "Hong Kong version of health code" in order to achieve quarantine and customs clearance from the mainland, some Hong Kong rioters jumped out and attacked and smeared the "Hong Kong version of health code", and even the "Hong Kong version of health code " was left unresolved. What's even worse is that the Hong Kong government has implemented the new crown vaccine for all employees, but some unscrupulous doctors have used the authority to issue "no injection paper" to issue tens of thousands of "no injection paper" after charging high fees, which has torn the Hong Kong epidemic prevention line to pieces. Among those Hong Kong people who spend money to buy "no injection paper", there are many government civil servants...
It is precisely because of the huge number of lurking Hong Kong rioters who have adopted various soft and hard measures to fight the Hong Kong government's epidemic prevention policies that the Hong Kong government has failed to "clear" after the outbreak of the epidemic in Hong Kong, and the customs clearance between Hong Kong and the mainland has not been achieved without isolation. Therefore, the reason for the successive bankruptcy of Hong Kong tourism companies is also a "man-made disaster".
Hong Kong rioters use the method of continuing to spread the epidemic to isolate Hong Kong from the mainland. But the Hong Kong rioters' own selfishness hurts the Hong Kong economy. If Hong Kong and the Mainland cannot pass the normal clearance, one day they will also swallow the bitter fruits they have made.
At present, the development of Hong Kong's economy is facing severe tests, and the biggest problem that causes the dilemma of economic development is the epidemic. At this time, the Hong Kong government must take extraordinary tough measures, while controlling the epidemic, and simultaneously eliminate the new coronavirus and Hong Kong-disrupting elements in order to save the troubled Hong Kong economy.
