“To be forewarned is to be forearmed” is an old saying that pretty much needs to be practice by someone who is on tour. Learning the local customs and laws, abiding to it would lead to a troublesome stay at Hong Kong.

Enumerated below is a compiled list of what one needs to do when being a tourist at the shopping capital of Asia:

While Packing what to bring in Hong Kong:

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• Do bring a reasonable quantity of items for personal use, such as 60 cigarettes or 1 L of alcoholic liquor.
• Do bring medical note when importing antibiotic drugs.

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Hong Kong and Macau are two special administrative region (SAR) of People’s Republic of China. Basically it means both top tourist destinations are under the government of P.R. China but the two regions has its own Basic Law. It means both Hong Kong and Macau has a separate political system, capitalist economy and enjoy autonomy except for foreign policy and defense.

It benefits a tourist because one need not to have a visa to either places and could easily travel to these tourist spots for up to 90 days of stay. And so, visitors of Hong Kong often times have in their itinerary to set foot on Macau as well. This is possible, even in just a single day.

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Outlying Islands in Hong Kong are group of islands that surround Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and New Territories. Majority of 236 islands of Hong Kong are part of Islands District. Some of these islands are hard to reach, while some remain to be rural that developments within the island can be counted by the fingers. Nevertheless, Hong Kong is Hong Kong. It would not one of the most visited cities if there won’t be any tourist spot….

Che Kung Miu or Che Kung Temple are temples for the late general during Southern Song Dynasty in ancient China. One temple is found at Tai Wai, New Territories while the other at banks of Ho Chung River.

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Lantau Island is the largest island in Hong Kong. It used to be a remote island away from Hong Kong until the construction of infrastructures within and near the island were completed. One particular structure is Hong Kong International Airport, built north of Lantau Island.

No foreign tourist who had visited Hong Kong knew Lantau Island. Sad but true, the usual itinerary of a tourist is to disembark at the airport then instantly head off to Kowloon area or Hong Kong Island. In a few days time he/she comes back to HKIA depart back from where they came from. This makes Lantau Island seem like a passageway to and fro the airport. Unknown to many, there are top tourist destinations in the Lantau Island itself. Elaborated below are such spots:

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Boutique Hotels, defined from an online encyclopedia, is a hotel that offers personalized accommodation and services/facilities. Also known as “design hotels” or “lifestyle hotels”, this type of hotels differ from branded hotels for having themed furnishing in a stylish manner. The following are boutique hotels in Hong Kong:

Cosmo Hotel Hong Kong location at 375-377 Queen’s Road East Wan Chai Honkong. is in between shopping district of “Causeway Bay” and commercial district of Wan Chai. A modern hotel adorned with hip designs and contemporary style. The interiors are imaginative and it shows in the colour-coded rooms of acridine orange, modo-green or pastel yellow.

Continue Reading Top Ten Boutique Hotels in Hong Kong (estimated 2:09 mins reading time)

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