Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng yesterday announced some key easings of the current strict travel restrictions in the Special Administrative Region.
In the most important news from a travel retail perspective, Lam said that non-Hong Kong visitors from Mainland will be allowed to enter Hong Kong from mid-May without having to undergo quarantine confinement, provided they were tested in advance for COVID-19.
A sticking point to any resurgence of travel, however, remains the quarantine requirements in the Mainland for any returning visitor. That space is being closely watched by observers.
Additionally, the ‘Return2HK’ scheme, which exempts Hongkongers arriving from Guangdong province and Macau from quarantine if they have a negative COVID-19 result, will be extended in late April to cover those arriving from elsewhere in the Mainland, Lam said.
