20 years on, Individual Visit Scheme brings great benefits to Hong Kong tourism industry: official

STORY: 20 years on, Individual Visit Scheme brings great benefits to Hong Kong tourism industry: official DATELINE: July 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:19 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of visitors in HK 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): DANE CHENG, HKTB Executive Director 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): DANE CHENG, HKTB Executive Director 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): DANE CHENG, HKTB Executive Director STORYLINE: Dane Cheng, executive director of the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB), said in a recent interview with Xinhua that the Individual Visit Scheme for Chinese mainland travelers launched in 2003 has brought revolutionary changes to Hong Kong's tourism industry. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): DANE CHENG, HKTB Executive Director "The Individual Visit Scheme was introduced in 2003. In 2002, the number of the mainland visitors to Hong Kong was 6.8 million. At its peak in 2018, the number of visitors reached 51 million, an increase of about seven times, which has brought us a very large increase in the

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