Two Chinese cities join Hong Kong travel 計画／陰謀 to 上げる 観光旅行，事業
HONG KONG, Feb 23 (Reuters) - The Chinese cities of Xian and Qingdao have been 追加するd to a travel 計画／陰謀 that 許すs 居住（者）s to visit Hong Kong in a personal capacity, rather than in a 小旅行する group, as the 財政上の 中心 struggles to 生き返らせる its economy 地位，任命する-COVID.
観光旅行，事業 in the vibrant former British 植民地 took a 抱擁する knock from いつかs violent プロの／賛成の-僕主主義 抗議するs in 2019 and a その後の 厳重取締 on dissent before the pandemic put the city in shutdown.
The "Individual Travel 計画／陰謀" began in 2003 as part of a 協調 協定 between 本土／大陸 中国 and Hong Kong. It was 最初 開始する，打ち上げるd in four cities in nearby Guangdong 州 before 支店ing out to a total of 49 本土／大陸 cities in 2007.
Xian and Qingdao will be 追加するd to the 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） by March 6, meaning that 居住（者）s of 51 Chinese cities will be 適格の to 適用する for individual travel.
公式の／役人s have touted Hong Kong's attractiveness as an international 中心 and are planning to 持つ／拘留する large 規模 events 含むing Art Basel in the coming months to 誘惑する 訪問者s.
Leader John 物陰／風下 said Hong Kong must be "relentless" to attract 全世界の musicians and 芸能人s after pop superstar Taylor Swift 調書をとる／予約するd shows in other Asian cities but skipped Hong Kong.
Other 行為／法令／行動するs such as Coldplay have also 行方不明になるd the city, 成し遂げるing instead in Taiwan and Bangkok.
Hong Kong 長官 for Culture, Sports and 観光旅行，事業 Kevin Yeung said the new travel 計画／陰謀 would be a 肯定的な 上げる.
"Xian and Qingdao each have a 全住民 of over 10 million. We believe it can bring more high value 追加するd 夜通し 訪問者s to Hong Kong," he said in a 声明.
More than 1.4 million tourists visited Hong Kong duri ng the Lunar New Year holiday which began on Feb. 10, with 87% coming from 本土／大陸 中国.
An 普通の／平均（する） of 157,000 本土／大陸 訪問者s arrived in Hong Kong daily, 越えるing a level 攻撃する，衝突する in 2018 before the pandemic. (報告（する）／憶測ing by Farah Master; Editing by Nick Macfie)
