Hong Kong Tour Guide Loses License for Coercing Tourists into Shopping
A Hong Kong tour guide has had their license revoked for pressuring visitors into making purchases, damaging the tourism sector's reputation. This marks the second such disciplinary action recently taken by the Travel Industry Authority.
A Hong Kong tour guide accused of threatening visitors into making shopping purchases has been struck off for damaging the sector’s reputation and breaching professional conduct, in the second disciplinary action of its kind in less than two months. The Travel Industry Authority said on Friday it revoked Siu Man-chung’s tour guide licence after investigating complaints that Siu made “inappropriate remarks” to pressure inbound mainland Chinese visitors into shopping during tours conducted between...