travel preparation for Hong Kong tourism

STEP1: Handling documents

It is much more convenient for mainland residents to travel to Hong Kong than before, and they don't need to go through a travel agency. They just need to go directly to the Exit-Entry Administration Office of the Public Security Bureau in the city where their household registration is located to handle the Pass to and from Hong Kong and Macao and the visa. The procedures are basically the same as those for passport application, and it takes 1 working days from submitting the form to getting the pass. Subject to Beijing (slightly different from place to place), the pass plus a round-trip tourist visa costs * * * 18 yuan (including photo fees). Individual visas can be expedited every time they enter 2 yuan. If you apply for a travel visa, you can only stay for 7 days at a time. If you plan to stay for a longer time, you can apply for entry twice at a time or try to apply for a business visa.

STEP2: Book a room

During your stay in Hong Kong, the biggest expense besides shopping is probably accommodation. You can book a room in Hong Kong through a mainland travel agency. Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon subway are three-star hotels in China, and the price of a standard room is 4~5 yuan. This can be three or four hundred yuan cheaper than the retail price in Hong Kong.

STEP3: Choose the way to go

Beijing-Kowloon Railway:

After the opening of Beijing-Kowloon Railway, passengers can take the train from Beijing to Hongkan directly. The T97 train departs from Beijing West Railway Station at 1:3 every morning and arrives at 11 noon the next day. The hard sleeper fare is around 65.

It's a depressing train, like the train to Cassandra Bridge. All stations in the route are isolated from the outside world with isolation lines, and are closely guarded by the police. Passengers cannot go far, and they are not even allowed to get off after dark. It's absolutely impossible to buy anything on the platform, so you can only eat a bad dining car honestly.

Flying

Flying is the quickest and most convenient way to go to Hong Kong. There are flights to Hong Kong in major cities in the mainland, and you can buy very cheap discounted air tickets in the off-season.

Crossing Luohu Port

The most ideal way to enter and leave Hong Kong is to go to Shenzhen first, and enter and leave Hong Kong from Luohu Port in Shenzhen.

Luohu is the most important entry and exit port from Shenzhen to Hong Kong. It is located next to Shenzhen Railway Station, and there is a pedestrian passage connecting the two buildings, which is very convenient.

There is a huge flow of people entering and leaving the Luohu Port every day, which usually requires a long queue to go through the formalities. When there are many people on weekends, the whole process takes about 2-3 hours.

However, the advantage of this method is that the inspection at Luohu Port is relatively loose, and it is more convenient to bring a large amount of cash from the mainland to Hong Kong and a large amount of goods from Hong Kong back to the mainland. If you choose to go in and out of Hong Kong by train or plane, the inspection is much stricter.

STEP4 Take care of your wallet

Go to Hong Kong without a full wallet.

first of all, you'd better go to the bank to apply for an international credit card with VISA or MasterCard certification. Although it is convenient to exchange RMB and Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong, it is very important for people with crazy purchasing plans to carry international credit cards with them because the government stipulates that tourists can only carry up to 6, RMB and 5, US dollars in cash when they go to Hong Kong.

The good news is that since 24, Hong Kong UnionPay Tongbao (hereinafter referred to as Yintong) has reached an understanding with China UnionPay Co., Ltd. that bank cards marked with the logo of China UnionPay can withdraw cash in Hong Kong dollars through ATMs set up by Hong Kong Yintong in various streets and lanes in Hong Kong. This is more convenient.

STEP5 Pack your bags

There are no really cold days in Hong Kong, and the coldest days are over ten degrees. A few shirts, a thin sweater and a slightly thicker jacket are enough. Besides, there is no problem without clothes. You have to buy clothes when you go to Hong Kong! As long as you bring a large enough pull rod suitcase. No? You can also buy it in Hong Kong. The style and price are better than those in China.

the voltage in hong kong is also 22V, but the plug is different from that in the mainland. If you want to carry a lot of electrical appliances with you, you'd better bring a multi-plug patch panel. When you arrive in Hong Kong, you can just buy an adapter in an electrical appliance store on the street.

Take a pen with you and fill out many forms when entering or leaving the country.

entry chapter

customs declaration procedures

according to the regulations, if you bring with you items that need to pay customs duties, such as electrical appliances, books, audio-visual products, and RMB and foreign currency cash, you need to go through the customs declaration procedures to avoid unnecessary troubles when you return. Passengers who fly directly to Hong Kong by plane or train should go through the customs formalities before boarding the plane and the train, and the inspection is strict, so it is better to declare truthfully. If the items and cash that exceed the declared contents are found during the security check

, you can find a way to get them back, or you can confiscate them. Never let this happen at the boarding gate.

Many people are also very concerned about whether they need to pay high customs duties when they buy goods in Hong Kong. According to the policy, you must declare and pay taxes. In fact, the attitude of the government now is to turn a blind eye, as long as you don't go too far. Once found out, it will be ordered to pay taxes, return goods, impose fines or even confiscate them. Those suspected of smuggling are even more troublesome.

Passengers entering the customs from Luohu Port in Shenzhen need to prepare a small amount of Hong Kong dollars in advance to buy a train ticket from Luohu to Kowloon. The train fare from Luohu to Hongkan is over HK$ 3. It is best not to exchange Hong Kong dollars in the exchange bank in Hong Kong Railway Station, because the exchange rate here is higher. Let's talk about it in Kowloon and Hong Kong Island.

In addition, remember to take a pen with you when entering or leaving the country, because you need to fill out various forms.

From the airport to the city center, you can take the Airport Express of the Airport Railway, with stops at Tsing Yi, Kowloon and Central, from which passengers can transfer to other means of transportation to all parts of Hong Kong.

Ticket price: to Tsing Yi, HK$ 6; To Kowloon, 9 Hong Kong dollars; To Central, 15 Hong Kong dollars.

or take bus S21 and S61 to tung chung at the airport, and then transfer to the subway, so the fare is much cheaper.

Taxis are expensive. It costs about HK$ 3 to Tsim Sha Tsui and HK$ 35 to Hong Kong Island.

There are also six airport buses to major hotels in Hong Kong.

Landing Chapter

Landing Tetralogy

Part I: Hold your hand

It is very convenient to exchange money in Hong Kong. You can find reliable RMB-Hong Kong dollar exchange shops everywhere, so there is no need to exchange money in advance in the Mainland.

If you exchange too much Hong Kong dollars at a time, if you can't spend all the money, you will lose money when you buy and sell the difference, so you'd better exchange it with the flowers. Anyway, there are opportunities all over the street.

In fact, except for large shopping places, most businesses in Hong Kong welcome to pay in RMB.

in most businesses, you can use VISA and MasterCard.

Part II: Change your leg

and buy an Octopus card at the ticket booth of the nearest subway or subway station. Octopus card has a base fee of HK$ 5, which can be recharged continuously according to personal needs. This kind of card is almost omnipotent in Hong Kong. It can be used to charge by swiping it in any means of transportation except taxis, and even in some supermarkets, which is very convenient. This way, you don't have to wait in line to buy tickets every time you take the means of transportation.

don't forget to return the card's HK$ 5 principal when you leave the country.

Part III: Keep your eyes open

The streets in Hong Kong are super complicated! There are many streets, intersections, subway exits and streets with the same name! No matter how short and narrow the street is, there are road names, and the road names are hard to remember. If you are not careful, you may go in the wrong direction. Even local people in Hong Kong often don't know the specific directions and routes of some places. If you don't have a detailed map, you may be blind to go anywhere.

It is suggested to buy an Atlas of Hong Kong at a nearby bookstore at a price of 99 Hong Kong dollars, with detailed zoning maps, descriptions of bus routes and some introductions to tourism, shopping and catering. Although the price is a little high, it is absolutely practical!

part iv: clear your ears

if you have many friends in hong kong, you'd better change your mobile phone to a local IP recharge card in hong kong, similar to the shenzhou trip in the mainland. You can buy such a card in the nearest 7-eleven convenience store, and it only costs 3 cents/minute to make a local call to Hong Kong. However, it is not cost-effective to send text messages in Hong Kong, because a text message will be sent to 1 yuan in Hong Kong, so Hong Kong people have no habit of sending text messages at all. There are many communication companies in Hong Kong. If you buy a card, you have to recharge it in the same company.

the recharge card is valid for 6 months at a time, but it can't be returned when leaving, like Octopus.

If you have two mobile phones, you can also use your mobile phone card in the Mainland to contact people in the Mainland by SMS. Mainland mobile phones send text messages to the Mainland in Hong Kong for only 1 cents each. So you can listen to all directions.

Travel articles

Traffic in Hong Kong

The traffic network in Hong Kong can be regarded as super developed and convenient, which is why traffic jams are rarely seen in Hong Kong. Most people take public transport on weekdays and drive private cars on weekends. The main means of transport in Hong Kong include the Mass Transit Railway (MTR), Kowloon-Canton Railway (KCR), Light Rail (LR), buses, trams, ferries and taxis.

When traveling in Hong Kong, the transportation cost is a very large expense. Measured by comprehensive indicators, taking the subway and the railway is the most cost-effective, and all shopping places can be reached by them, which saves time and is cheap.

kcr

kcr is the part of Beijing-kowloon railway in hong kong, which runs from hongkan to Luohu. Passengers with home visit permits and Chinese visas can go to Luohu Port, with Sheung Shui as the terminal. The whole journey lasts for 3 minutes and runs every 3~1 minutes. You can transfer to the subway at Kowloon Tong Station.

driving time: 5: 3 am to 12: 25 am.

Fare: Adult one-way tickets range from HK $4 to HK $26.

There are five lines under the subway (MTR)

* *. Pay attention to the electronic signboard in the car when changing, and there are clear transfer stations.

travel time: 5: 55 a.m. to 1: 18 p.m., depending on different lanes.

Fare: The fare for an adult one-way ticket ranges from HK$ 4 to HK$ 26, depending on the driving distance.

light rail

the light rail is the main transport force in the northwest new territories, and the main means of transportation in the three towns of tin shui wai, tuen mun and yuen long. Will soon be connected with the subway.

Buses

Buses are the most widely distributed means of transportation in Hong Kong, and their tentacles reach every corner. When you can't reach places by subway or railway, buses play a great role. But at the same time, the buses in Hong Kong are also very complicated. It will probably take you some time to find out the bus and minibus frequencies, departure and terminal stations and routes of different bus companies in Hong Kong.

buses in hong kong are all priced at the same route, no matter whether you sit from the starting point to the end or get off halfway. And the price is not cheaper than the subway at all, and the highest fare is 45 Hong Kong dollars.

If nightlife prevents you from taking the last subway line, you can also choose overnight minibuses, which are nicknamed "crazy minibuses" by Hong Kong people, because drivers usually speed up to the maximum in order to run more business trips, and passengers are always on tenterhooks. Because it is a night bus, the fare is very expensive, and the same distance is twice that of the subway.

Hong Kong Trams

The tram in Hong Kong is very distinctive. It runs from Kennedy Town to Shau Kei Wan, halfway around Happy Valley Racecourse, and transversely runs through the main commercial areas in the northern part of Hong Kong Island, passing through the main commercial areas such as Sheung Wan, Central, Admiralty, Wan Chai and Causeway Bay.

driving time: 6 am to 1 pm.

fare: 2 hong kong dollars for adults and 1 hong kong dollar for children and the elderly, regardless of the number of stops, and the fare is uniform.

Star Ferry

Taking the Star Ferry is more about leisurely watching the scenery of Victoria Harbour, especially at night.

Route: (1) Central to Tsim Sha Tsui

(2) Wan Chai to Tsim Sha Tsui

(3) Central to Hong

(4) Wan Chai to Hong

Driving time: 6: 3 am to 11: 3 pm, depending on the route.

Shipping fee: adult: 2.2 Hong Kong dollars for the upper deck; The lower level is 1.7 Hong Kong dollars.

Taxi

As for taxis, you'd better not choose them unless you have to, because they are ridiculously expensive, starting at HK$ 15 in 2 km

and HK$ 1.4 every .2 km thereafter. If you need to pass through tunnels and bridges on the way, or carry large luggage and animals, you will have to pay an extra surcharge, and each surcharge has been listed in the taxi.

Peak Cable Car

The Peak of Taiping Mountain is a must-see place for almost every visitor to Hong Kong, from which you can have a bird's eye view of Hong Kong. You can take a cable car with a history of 1 years.

starting point: garden road, central.

Round trip ticket: HK$ 3 for adults and HK$ 9 for children.

Shopping articles

Q1: How to choose your favorite among the dazzling goods?

Before you leave, make a detailed list of products and models you want to buy in Hong Kong, and find out the sales prices in the Mainland, so that you can compare them at any time when shopping in Hong Kong. Electronic products, in particular, are at a disadvantage in terms of warranty if they are purchased in Hong Kong. If the prices are similar, it is better to buy them in the Mainland.

Because electronic products are updated very quickly and have many special functions, it's best to make preparations at home, look up information on the Internet, look at professional magazines that introduce cameras, and ask knowledgeable friends to narrow down the objects you choose as much as possible. Try to write down the basic package configuration of the product and be aware of it.

Q2: how to buy the goods with the lowest price moisture?

don't see what you like when shopping, just pay for it immediately on impulse, and be sure to walk and see more. The prices of each shop will vary a lot. Otherwise, if there are more losses, you can't ask for a return on the grounds that the price is too high! It's best to record and compare the prices of various stores, and determine the target for centralized purchase in the last day or two.

Bargaining is not as popular as it used to be, but now it only exists in small shops, vegetable markets and markets, and the quotation of electronic products will be very watery.

Q3: if you can identify the authenticity of the goods?

Goods in Hong Kong, especially electrical products, are classified as "licensed" and "parallel". Without going through