73元住海景房：香港旅游业的“至暗时刻”丨说英闻

去年全年，访港旅客高达约6515万人次，其中内陆旅客占旅客总量的78%。

不过自6月以来，受频发的暴力活动影响，中国香港旅游业正遭受重创。

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香港旅游业议会在10月9日表示，9月份内陆赴港旅行团暴跌超九成，连同国庆黄金周，每日平均不足16团。

根据《CNN》报导，往日香港迪士尼乐园里人潮涌动、热闹非凡，如今游客寥寥无几。

香港财政司司长陈茂波此前也曾表示，8月访港游客同比下跌近40%。

巨大的停车场几乎空无一人，16个售票窗口中只有3个是开着的，许多景点前的队伍很短或根本没有。

The vast parking lots were mostly empty, just three of 16 ticket windows were open, and lines for many attractions were short or nonexistent.

有网友表示从前都是游客追着米老鼠去合照，可现在却反过来，米老鼠追着游客求合影。

一系列游行示威和暴力活动，对香港零售业也造成连锁影响。

8月份的零售额下降了23%，这是有记录以来的最大降幅。

Retail sales dipped by 23 percent in August, the steepest decline on record.

香港特区立法会批发及零售界议员邵家辉预计10月零售业销售额会下降约5成，其中钟表、珠宝等奢侈品店铺的销售额或下降6至7成。

另外，香港餐饮业也面临几十年来最黑暗的时刻。

饮食业职工总会主席郭宏兴表示自暴徒恶行肆虐4个月来，近400间餐厅倒闭！

游客减少对酒店业打击也很大，旺区酒店入住率仅有20%。

香港特区立法会旅游界议员姚思荣表示“更有酒店将原本近2000港元一晚的房价降至不到600港元，就算亏损也希望提高入住率，可见行业惨况。”

不少四星级酒店只需要200多元就能预定，五星级也普遍只需500元-600元。

青衣一间三星酒店的每晚房价，连税只需73港元，房间有海景，更可以用酒店的泳池、健身设施。

新加坡旅游媒体TD(Travel Daily Media)9月26的文章也指出香港酒店房价大幅下降，甚至在工作日出现了9美元一晚的价格。

有一些关于裁员的报道，该市几家最豪华的酒店已经开始强迫员工休无薪假或暂时减薪。

There have been some reports of layoffs, and a few of the city's ritziest hotels have been forcing employees to take unpaid leaves or have their wages temporarily trimmed.

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背景音乐：Kate McGill - Look Down

South China Morning Post:
With hotel occupancy rates at record lows, due in large part to continuing political unrest, many of Hong Kong’s biggest and best hotels are cooking up tempting luxury packages at prices that would have been unimaginable just a few weeks ago.

And with the October 1 holiday around the corner, the time is right for a pampering break – whether you’re flying in for golden week or you’re a stressed-out Hongkonger in need of a well-earned staycation.

The New York Times:
It was the second day of Golden Week, usually one of Hong Kong’s busiest shopping periods, and Matthew Tam and his co-workers at a jewelry store were looking as lonely as a band of Maytag repairmen, surrounded by display cases of luxury watches with nary a customer in sight.

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