{"id":777047390,"date":"2026-09-16T08:38:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T11:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777047390"},"modified":"2026-09-16T10:19:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T13:19:13","slug":"hong-kong-to-foster-horse-racing-tourism-under-new-five-year-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/hong-kong-to-foster-horse-racing-tourism-under-new-five-year-plan","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong&#8217;s five-year tourism plan includes focus on horseracing tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The strategy also targets major sporting and cultural events, cruise tourism and new leisure experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hong Kong.- The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) has launched its first <strong>Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development<\/strong>. Covering 2026-2030, the plan mentions the promotion of new tourism experiences, including thematic travel, city-walking routes and horseracing tourism, while promoting Hong Kong\u2019s culinary offerings and annual flagship events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The government also plans to reinforce Hong Kong\u2019s position as the \u201c<strong>Events Capital of Asia<\/strong>\u201d by promoting major international events that combine sports and culture. The blueprint also highlights the continued development of major attractions such as<strong> Hong Kong Disneyland <\/strong>and <strong>Ocean Park<\/strong>. It also seeks to strengthen the city\u2019s role as an international cruise hub and develop island-hopping tours and water sports activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chief Executive <strong>John Lee<\/strong> said the plan will focus on economic development, social well-being and closer integration with China\u2019s national development strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label\">See also:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"related-article__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/024f5846-f695-4551-b4be-729517fcc032-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-article__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/yokohama-candidate-nakatani-vows-casino-ban-if-elected-mayor\">Yokohama mayoral candidate Nakatani pledges casino ban<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The strategy also targets major sporting and cultural events, cruise tourism and new leisure experiences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2384,"featured_media":777047392,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has unveiled its inaugural Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development (2026-2030), prioritizing the enhancement of tourism experiences, major sporting and cultural events, and leisure activities. This strategic blueprint aims to reinforce Hong Kong's status as the \"Events Capital of Asia\" and an international cruise hub, with a specific mention of promoting horseracing tourism.","focusai_entities":"Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, John Lee, Hong Kong Disneyland, Ocean Park","focusai_location":"Hong Kong, China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.75), investor_analyst (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Tourism Investment Outlook","query":"What specific capital allocations are projected for the \"Events Capital of Asia\" initiative and major attractions like Hong Kong Disneyland and Ocean Park within the 2026-2030 Five-Year Plan?"},{"label":"Economic Integration Impact","query":"How will the HKSAR's closer integration with China's national development strategies, as outlined in the plan, specifically influence cross-border tourism flows and investment in leisure infrastructure?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338],"tags":[25410,22317,4256],"class_list":["post-777047390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","tag-events-capital-of-asia","tag-hong-kong-jockey-club","tag-horse-racing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777047390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2384"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777047390"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777047390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777047416,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777047390\/revisions\/777047416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777047392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777047390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777047390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777047390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}