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news Scmp World 2026-05-30

Hong Kong Leaders Urge Action to Boost Yacht Economy

Industry leaders in Hong Kong are calling for urgent improvements in immigration, mooring facilities, and tourism to develop the city's yacht economy. These measures follow Beijing's relaxed policies for yachts traveling to mainland China.


Hong Kong should urgently address its bottlenecks in developing a yacht economy by improving immigration procedures, upgrading mooring facilities and curating niche tourism itineraries following Beijing’s policy relaxation on yachts from the city sailing to mainland China, industry leaders have said. Their calls came on Saturday after Beijing allowed Hong Kong and Macau yachts to enter designated ports in the Greater Bay Area “exempt from guarantees” and benefit from “a temporary ship...

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