Mainlanders spent 24bln yuan in HK last year

时间：2007-02-26 03:09:01

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An undated photo shows a shop in Hong Kong.(File photo)
 
Chinanews, Hong Kong, Feb. 25 – Visitors from China's mainland to Hong Kong had increased by ten times to 6.6 million people by the end of 2006 since Chinese mainlanders were permitted to travel to Hong Kong as individual tourists in 2003, said Li Guodong, director of the Immigration Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative1 Region, on February 24.

 

Sources from the Hong Kong tourism industry reveal that Hong Kong gained 24 billion yuan worth of profit from mainland tourists last year, according to the Hong Kong-based Wen Wei Pao.

 

Normally nearly 40 percent of the mainland tourists experience day trips in Hong Kong, consequently retailing2 industry is the biggest beneficiary.

 

Female cosmetics3 sell fairly hot. A spokesman of a chain makeup4 shop in Hong Kong said about 10 percent of their customers were from the mainland, and they were quite "generous". "Some customers from the mainland even swept over 10,000 yuan worth of the cosmetics on one shop counter," he said, adding that mostly these customers bought them not only for themselves, but also for their family members and friends.

 

Incomplete statistics show that mainland tourists contributed to 60 percent of the consumption of Hong Kong during the Spring Festival holiday.

 

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1 administrative fzDzkc     
adj.行政的，管理的
参考例句：
  • The administrative burden must be lifted from local government.必须解除地方政府的行政负担。
  • He regarded all these administrative details as beneath his notice.他认为行政管理上的这些琐事都不值一顾。
2 retailing f7157e2e76f903d2893786de5cb093af     
n.零售业v.零售(retail的现在分词)
参考例句：
  • career opportunities in retailing 零售业的职业机会
  • He is fond of retailing the news. 他喜欢传播消息。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 cosmetics 5v8zdX     
n.化妆品
参考例句：
  • We sell a wide range of cosmetics at a very reasonable price. 我们以公道的价格出售各种化妆品。
  • Cosmetics do not always cover up the deficiencies of nature. 化妆品未能掩饰天生的缺陷。
4 makeup 4AXxO     
n.组织；性格；化装品
参考例句：
  • Those who failed the exam take a makeup exam.这次考试不及格的人必须参加补考。
  • Do you think her beauty could makeup for her stupidity?你认为她的美丽能弥补她的愚蠢吗？

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