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Hong Kong Airport traffic surges after hotel quarantine scrapped

10/18/2022| 2:36:33 PM|

Passenger throughput climbed to 525,000, 10% higher than in August.

Hong Kong International Airport’s September passenger traffic volume increased by 133% from a year earlier, after authorities scrapped some of the city’s harshest travel restrictions, including requirements for hotel quarantine and a pre-boarding Covid test. 

Passenger throughput climbed to 525,000, 10% higher than in August. The growth was boosted by visitors to and from Southeast Asia, the Airport Authority said in a statement Sunday. 

Hong Kong is under mounting pressure to reopen as its isolationist travel curbs, left the city struggling to maintain its status as a global financial hub. Authorities addressed one of the biggest complaints from the business communities when they scrapped the hotel quarantine requirement last month. 

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