Ongoing tensions between China and Japan are expected to boost tourism in Hong Kong leading up to the mainland's Labor Day holiday. Hotel rates in the city have increased by as much as 8 percent, according to industry representatives.

The appreciating yuan and ongoing Sino-Japanese tensions have given Hong Kong tourism a boost ahead of mainland China’s Labour Day “golden week” holiday, with hotel prices rising by as much as 8 per cent, an industry representative has said. Lawmaker Alan Chan Chung-yee, who is also the chief operating officer of Miramar Group, expressed optimism on Monday that the city would welcome more mainland tourists originally heading to other parts of East Asia during the country’s coming long holiday,.....