Japanese tourists cancel trips to HK

Japanese tourists cancel trips to HK

HONG KONG: Japanese tourists are canceling holidays to Hong Kong
fearing they will be caught up in anti-Japanese protests that
have erupted in Chinese cities, travel associations said on
Tuesday.

Hong Kong Inbound Tour Operators Association estimated that
about 30 percent of Japanese tours to the city for May had been
canceled and up to 50 percent to mainland China had been called
off.

"Anti-Japanese sentiment has heightened as relations between
China and Japan have deteriorated," said Charles Ng, the
association's chairman.

"Hong Kong is seen as part of China so a lot of Japanese are
concerned their holiday would be ruined or worse, their lives
could be threatened," Ng said. -- AFP