If you're a tourist planning to visit Hong Kong, here's what you need to know about the city's mass protests
"Don't shoot me." That was the message one pro-democracy protester held up, on the sort of sign usually reserved for the names of hotel guests, as demonstrators camped out in the arrivals hall of Hong Kong International Airport on Friday, July 26.For the past eight consecutive weekends, Hong Kong has been at the center of
Chanter arrived in Hong Kong during the airport protest and said while it was"a little intimidating after a long-haul flight" she were aware of what was happening as the airline had kept her well informed. The"vast majority of people taking part in processions do so in a peaceful and orderly manner," Jeanne Tam, from the Tourism Commission, said in a statement."Processions only affect certain parts of the city for a defined period of time ... are publicized well in advance," Tam added.
Meanwhile, last Friday's demonstration at the city's airport saw thousands of protesters and some aviation staff occupy the arrivals hall for the same reason.In recent weeks, the protests have become less predictable and more violent. Other violent protests have happened in less touristy areas. Yuen Long, on the city's border with mainland China, in the north of the territory, for example, has seen mob violence and police have stormed the subway station there to disperse crowds. In total, 69 people were hospitalized over the two incidents in Yuen Long.
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