Hong Kong welcomes tourist influx as Spring Festival holiday begins
HONG KONG, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong's tourist sites and commercial complexes were abuzz with excitement as tourists poured in on Sunday, the first day of the nine-day Spring Festival holiday on the Chinese mainland.
Over 377,000 visitor arrivals had been recorded by 9 p.m., data from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government showed.
Mainland tourists thronged shopping malls in Ho