Shangri-La CEO Urges Hong Kong Tourism to Leverage Cultural Festivals

‘Tap your cultural foundation’, Shangri-La’s Kuok Hui Kwong tells Hong Kong tourism trade

Hong Kong should do more to leverage its traditional festivals to draw international visitors and build its competitive advantage in cultural tourism, Shangri-La Group chairman and CEO Kuok Hui Kwong has said. Kuok, the daughter of Malaysian tycoon Robert Kuok, said Hong Kong had done well since the Covid-19 pandemic to entice international visitors back to the city, but could go even further in tapping its “cultural foundation” amid fierce competition for tourists. She made the remarks to th...

By Connor Mycroft