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| Mainlanders are applying to travel to Hong Kong and Macau |
Hong Kong is facing an invasion of mainlanders in the next days, weeks and months as soon as they can get their travel permits sorted.
After almost three years of no travel, many Chinese are itching to get to Hong Kong whether it be to eat their favourite Cantonese street food or delicacies, or shop for luxury brand items.
Almost 1 million mainlanders have applied for entry permits to Hong Kong, Macau or Taiwan since Beijing eased Covid-19 restrictions last month. Over 335,000 have applied for new passports.
Businesses from hospitality to retail are keen to welcome these visitors back to the city, while local residents are terrified of going out now and are staying home to avoid the deluge of people on the streets.
Most of the visitors are traveling by land, as flights are only 11 percent of the same period in 2019. Shanghai's Pudong Airport is seeing a volume of 11,000 passengers a day these days.
Nevertheless, many others are seeing visas to go to Canada -- for good.
Anecdotally I'm hearing of families moving now or as soon as they can get their visas, even though the second school term has already started. Children are anxious about leaving their homeland and they may not be placed in a school right away, but the parents want them over here as soon as possible.
It shows you how mainlanders are eager to "run" while they can...
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