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(Hongkong Standard: July 11)
Chinese authorities in Shumchun are planning to organise "oyster trips" for Hongkong residents later this year.
The plan is another sign heralding the continued opening up of China for people wishing to enter the country for tours.
The tours are believed to be part of the Kwangtung authorities' plan to develop Shumchun and some other areas of the province into tourist attractions. They are organised locally by the China Travel Service, some leftwing trade unions and various commercial organisations.
(Hongkong Standard: July 11)
The latest move is to develop Shumchun across the Lowu border as a holiday resort where Hongkong people will be allowed to visit freely.
This is a welcome news in more than one respect.
At the same time, this move by China cannot be viewed as a mere holiday resort venture that will provide Peking a new source of foreign exchange earnings. It is far more significant than that as it, indeed, provides yet another reassuring clue on Peking's view towards Hongkong and its future.
(South China Morning Post: July 13)
Wearing this hat as chairman of the Hongkong Tourist Association, Mr. Newbigging said the prospects looked good for Hongkong's increased part in China's desire to attract more foreign tourists.
As part of the visit, the Jardine chief did the tourist route and visited Kweilin and Hangchow to see what Chinese authorities have in mind for its visitors.
This in turn could help Hongkong, he said, with China-bound visitors spending a few days locally both before and after their Chinese visit.
(Ta Kung Pao: July 13)
Development of domestic tourism is obviously China's prority, Mr. David Newbigging, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Jardine and Matheson & Co., told a Ta Kung Pao reporter on his return here last Saturday after winding up a 22-week visit to China.
(Sing Tao Jih Pao: July 8)
The Kwangtung authorities' move to re-open a sea link between Hongkong and Canton is to complement China's policy of developing its tourist industry.
(South China Morning Post: August 16)
Toyota Motor Sales Co. Ltd., said it has received orders for 670 mini-buses, worth about 1.8 million yen (about HK$44.1 million) from China.
The buses will be equipped with air-conditioners.
They said the big orders are believed to be connected with China's increasing tourist business.
(Hongkong Standard: August 24)
China is likely to agree to an increase in the number and variety of tours this year, Thomas Cook group managing director Alan Kennedy said yesterday.
The group has been allowed to operate holiday tours to China since February
(Asian Wall Street Journal: August 25)
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For this reason, China has recently embarked on new courses, to earn additional foreign exchange and to cut back spending. It has, for example, encouraged development of the tourist industry and reportedly hopes to attract one million tourists annually by 1985.
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