Tourism experts suggest that unrealistically low prices offered by certain mainland Chinese tourist groups are contributing to forced shopping experiences in Hong Kong. They urge authorities to increase inspections, noting that the Travel Industry Authority recently revoked a license for suspected coercion.

Unreasonably low prices offered by some mainland Chinese tourist groups visiting Hong Kong are a major factor behind coerced shopping, industry leaders have said, urging authorities to step up random inspections during the coming Labour Day “golden week” holiday. The Travel Industry Authority announced on Monday that it had previously revoked the licence of Star Link Travel over four suspected cases of coercing inbound mainland tourists to shop. Sara Leung Fong-yuen, a consultant with the...