{"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":"2026-09-16T11:24:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T14:24:17","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":"Hong Kong has unveiled its first Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development (2026-2030), focusing on enhancing tourism experiences, promoting major international events, and strengthening its position as an \"Events Capital of Asia\" and international cruise hub. The strategy aims to drive economic growth and integrate with China's national development, with specific mentions of thematic travel, culinary offerings, and horseracing tourism.","focusai_entities":"John Lee, Hong Kong Disneyland, Ocean Park","focusai_location":"Hong Kong, China, Asia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.85), operator_casino (0.7), investor_analyst (0.95), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Investment Impact: Tourism?","query":"What specific capital investment opportunities are anticipated in Hong Kong's leisure and tourism sectors under this Five-Year Plan, and how might they attract foreign direct investment?"},{"label":"Gaming Vertical Strategy?","query":"How might the emphasis on 'horseracing tourism' within this economic plan influence the existing highly regulated gaming vertical in Hong Kong, and are there any implications for B2B supplier engagement or ancillary service providers?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,155],"tags":[25410,22317,4256],"class_list":["post-777047390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-sports-betting-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}]}}