Maintaining competitiveness of aviation hub: Empirical evidence of visitors to China via Hong Kong by air transport

Kan Wai Hong Tsui, Andrew Chi-Lok Yuen and Michael Ka Yiu Fung

Current Issues in Tourism, 2018, vol. 21, issue 11, 1260-1284

Abstract: Prior studies have not extensively researched and explored the key determinants (aviation and tourism attributes) that could affect Hong Kong’s competitiveness as a transit hub for international visitors using Hong Kong as a stopover to Chinese cities when travelling by air. This study adds to that knowledge to empirically investigate Hong Kong’s eight major tourist source markets (Germany, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, the UK, and the US), and also provides an insight to policy-makers in Hong Kong to help them understand the factors that influence Hong Kong’s aviation hub competitiveness and tourism development. The findings of the study suggest that increased air transport capacity from foreign countries and Hong Kong to China, trade volumes between China and its trading partners, air transport costs, and the global financial crisis are the key factors affecting the number of visitors to China by air passing through Hong Kong as their preferred stopover. The policy implications of the findings are discussed.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2017.1312686

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