Step 1: Process the document

It is much more convenient for mainland residents to travel to Hong Kong now than before. They don't need to go through a travel agency. They only need to go directly to the Exit and Entry Administration Office of the Municipal Public Security Bureau where their household registration is located to apply for a pass and visa to and from Hong Kong and Macao. The procedure is basically the same as handling a passport. It takes 10 working days from submitting the form to getting the pass. Subject to Beijing (slightly different from place to place), the pass plus a round-trip tourist visa fee * * * 180 yuan (including photo fee). Individual visas can be expedited every time they enter 20 yuan. If you apply for a tourist visa, you can only stay for 7 days at a time. If you plan to stay longer, you can apply for entry twice at a time or try to apply for a business visa.

Step 2: Book a room.

During your stay in Hong Kong, apart from shopping, the biggest expense is probably accommodation. You can book a room in Hong Kong through a mainland travel agency. Hong Kong Island and Kowloon Metro are three-star hotels in China, and the price of a standard room is 400~500 yuan. This can be three or four hundred yuan cheaper than the retail price in Hong Kong.

Step 3: Choose the way to go.

Beijing-Kowloon Railway:

After the opening of the Beijing-Kowloon Railway, passengers can take the train directly from Beijing to Hongkan. Train T97 leaves from Beijing West Railway Station every morning at 10:30 and arrives at noon the next day. The hard sleeper fare is about 650.

This is a depressing train, just like the train to Cassandra Bridge. All stations in the line are isolated from the outside world with isolation lines and are closely guarded by the police. Passengers can't go far, and they are not even allowed to get off after dark. You can't buy anything on the platform, you can only eat a rotten dining car honestly.

By plane; By plane

Flying is the quickest and most convenient way to go to Hong Kong. There are flights to Hong Kong in major cities in the mainland, and you can buy very cheap discounted air tickets in the off-season.

Crossing Luohu Port

In and out of Hong Kong, the best way recommended by the blog is to go to Shenzhen first and enter and leave Hong Kong from Luohu Port in Shenzhen.

Luohu is the most important entry and exit port from Shenzhen to Hong Kong. Located next to Shenzhen Railway Station, there is a pedestrian passage between the two buildings, which is very convenient.

There are a lot of people entering and leaving the Luohu port every day, and there is usually a long queue for formalities. When there are many people on weekends, the whole process takes about 2-3 hours.

However, the advantage of this method is that the inspection at Luohu Port is relatively loose, and it is more convenient to bring a large amount of cash from the mainland to Hong Kong and a large amount of goods from Hong Kong back to the mainland via Luohu. If you choose to go in and out of Hong Kong by train or plane, the inspection will be much stricter.

Take care of your wallet

Go to Hong Kong, don't go without a full wallet.

First of all, you'd better go to the bank to apply for an international credit card certified by VISA or MasterCard. Although it is convenient to exchange RMB and Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong, it is very important for people with crazy purchasing plans to carry international credit cards with them, because the government stipulates that tourists can only carry 6,000 RMB and 5,000 US dollars in cash when they go to Hong Kong.

The good news is that since 2004, Bao Tong (hereinafter referred to as Yintong) of Hong Kong and China UnionPay Co., Ltd. have reached an understanding that bank cards marked with the logo of China UnionPay can withdraw cash in Hong Kong dollars through ATMs set up by Yintong of Hong Kong in various streets and lanes of Hong Kong. This is more convenient.

Pack your bags

There is no really cold weather in Hong Kong, and the coldest time is more than ten degrees. A few shirts, a thin sweater and a slightly thicker coat are enough. Besides, there is no problem without clothes. You have to buy clothes to go to Hong Kong! As long as you bring a large enough trolley case. No? You can also buy it in Hong Kong. The style and price are better than those in China.

The voltage in Hong Kong is also 220V, but the plug is different from that in the Mainland. If you want to carry a lot of electrical appliances with you, you'd better bring a multi-plug patch panel. When you arrive in Hong Kong, you can just buy an adapter at an electrical appliance store on the street.

Take a pen and fill out many forms when entering or leaving the country.

Entry articles

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According to the regulations, if you carry goods that need to pay customs duties, such as electrical appliances, books, audio-visual products, and cash in RMB and foreign currency, you need to go through customs declaration procedures to avoid unnecessary troubles when you return. Passengers who fly directly to Hong Kong by plane or train must go through the customs formalities before boarding the plane and the train. The inspection is strict and it is best to declare truthfully. If the security check

When you check out, you can find a way to get back the items and cash that are beyond the declared contents or confiscate them. This must not happen at the boarding gate.

Many people are also concerned about whether to pay high tariffs when buying goods in Hong Kong. According to the policy, you must declare and pay taxes. In fact, the current attitude of the government is to turn a blind eye, as long as you don't go too far. Once found out, it will be ordered to pay taxes, return goods, impose fines or even confiscate them. Those suspected of smuggling are even more troublesome.

Passengers entering the customs from Shenzhen Luohu Port need to prepare a small amount of Hong Kong dollars in advance to buy a train ticket from Luohu to Kowloon. The train fare from Luohu to Hongkan is more than 30 Hong Kong dollars. It is best not to exchange Hong Kong dollars at the exchange bank of Hong Kong Railway Station, because the exchange rate here is higher. Let's start with Kowloon and Hong Kong Island.

In addition, remember to bring a pen when entering or leaving the country, because you have to fill out various forms.

From the airport to the city center, you can take the Airport Express of the Airport Railway and stop at Tsing Yi, Kowloon and Central, where passengers can change to other means of transportation to travel to all parts of Hong Kong.

Ticket price: to Tsing Yi, 60 Hong Kong dollars; To Kowloon, 90 Hong Kong dollars; To Central, 150 HKD.

Or take buses S2 1 and S6 1 at the airport to Tung Chung, and then transfer to the subway. The fare is much cheaper.

Taxis are expensive. About 300 Hong Kong dollars to Tsim Sha Tsui and 350 Hong Kong dollars to Hong Kong Island.

In addition, there are six airport buses to major hotels in Hong Kong.

Landing article

Landing trilogy

Part 1: Hold your hand tightly.

It's convenient to change money in Hong Kong. You can find reliable RMB and Hong Kong dollar exchange shops everywhere, and you don't need to change money in advance in the Mainland.

If you change too much Hong Kong dollars at a time and can't spend it all, the bid-ask difference will be lost, so it's better to exchange it with flowers. There are opportunities all over the street anyway.

In fact, except for large shopping places, most businesses in Hong Kong welcome the use of RMB for payment.

VISA and MasterCard can be used in most businesses.

Part II: Relax your legs.

Change your Hong Kong dollars and buy an Octopus card at the ticket booth of the nearest subway or subway station. The basic fee of Octopus card is 50 yuan, which can be recharged continuously according to individual needs. This kind of card can do almost anything in Hong Kong. Swiping a card on any means of transportation except taxis can be used for charging, even in some supermarkets, which is very convenient. This way, you don't have to wait in line to buy tickets every time you take the means of transportation.

Remember to return the 50 HK dollars principal of the credit card when you leave this country.

Part three: polish your eyes

The streets in Hong Kong are super complicated! There are many streets, intersections, subway exits and streets with the same name! No matter how short and narrow the street is, there are road names, which are hard to remember. If you are not careful, you may go in the wrong direction. Even local people in Hong Kong often don't know the specific directions and routes of some places. If you don't have a detailed map, you may go anywhere blindly.

It is suggested to buy an atlas of Hong Kong in a nearby bookstore at a price of 99 Hong Kong dollars, with detailed zoning maps, descriptions of bus routes, and some introductions of tourism, shopping and catering. Although the price is a bit high, it is absolutely practical!

Part four: Clean your ears.

If you have many friends in Hong Kong, you'd better change your mobile phone to a local IP recharge card in Hong Kong, similar to Shenzhouxing in the Mainland. You can buy this card at the nearest 7- 1 1 convenience store, and it only costs 30 cents per minute to make a local call to Hong Kong. But it is not cost-effective to send text messages in Hong Kong, because a text message costs 1 yuan in Hong Kong, so Hong Kong people have no habit of sending text messages at all. There are many communication companies in Hong Kong. If you buy a card, you have to recharge it in the same company.

The recharge card is valid for 6 months at a time and cannot be refunded when leaving, just like Octopus.

If you have two mobile phones, you can also use the mainland mobile phone card to contact people in the mainland for short messages. Mainland mobile phones send text messages to the mainland from Hong Kong, each for only 1 cent. So you can listen in all directions.

Wandering articles

Traffic in Hong Kong

Hong Kong's transportation network can be called super developed and convenient, which is why there are few traffic jams in Hong Kong. Most people take public transport on weekdays and drive private cars on weekends. The main means of transport in Hong Kong include the MTR, Kowloon-Canton Railway (KCR), light rail, buses, trams, ferries and taxis.

Traveling to Hong Kong, the transportation cost is a very big expense. Comprehensive indicators show that the subway and railway are the most cost-effective, and all shopping places can be reached through them, which is both time-saving and cheap.

Kowloon-Canton Railway (KCR)

The Kowloon-Canton Railway is a part of the Beijing-Kowloon Railway in Hong Kong, which runs from Hung Hom to Lo Wu. Passengers with home visit permits and Chinese visas can go to Luohu Port, with Shangshui as the terminal. The whole journey lasts for 30 minutes, and it runs every 3~ 10 minutes. You can change to the subway at Kowloon Tong Station.

Driving time: 5: 30 am to 65438+ 02: 25 am.

Ticket price: Adult one-way tickets range from HK$ 4 to HK$ 26.

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Leave the railway (subway)

* * * There are five elements. Pay attention to the electronic signboard in the carriage when transferring, and there is a clear transfer station.

Travel time: 5: 55 am to 65438+ 0: 00 pm, depending on different lanes.

Ticket price: Adult one-way tickets range from HK$ 4 to HK$ 26, depending on the driving distance.

light rail

Light rail is the main means of transportation in northwest New Territories, and it is also the main means of transportation in Tin Shui Wai, Tuen Mun and Yuen Long. Will be connected to the subway soon.

bus

Buses are the most widely distributed means of transportation in Hong Kong, covering every corner. Buses play a great role when you can't reach places by subway or railway. But at the same time, the buses in Hong Kong are also very complicated. It may take you some time to find the bus and minibus frequencies, departure and terminal stations and routes of different bus companies in Hong Kong.

The bus in Hong Kong, whether you sit at the starting point or get off halfway, has the same route pricing. And the price is not cheaper than the subway at all, and the highest fare is 45 Hong Kong dollars.

If nightlife prevents you from taking the last subway line, you can also choose the overnight minibus, which is nicknamed "crazy minibus" by Hong Kong people, because drivers usually speed up to the maximum in order to run more business trips, and passengers are always on tenterhooks. Because it is a night bus, the fare is very expensive, and the same distance is twice that of the subway.

Hong Kong Tramway Company

The trams in Hong Kong are very distinctive. From Kennedy Town to Shau Kei Wan, it encircles Happy Valley Racecourse for half a circle, horizontally runs through the main business districts in the northern part of Hong Kong Island, and passes through the main business districts such as Sheung Wan, Central, Admiralty, Wan Chai and Causeway Bay on Hong Kong Island.

Driving time: 6 am to 65438+ 0 pm.

Ticket price: 2 Hong Kong dollars for adults, children and senior citizens 1 Hong Kong dollars, regardless of the number of stops, the ticket price is the same.

Tianxing wharf

Taking the Star Ferry is more about leisurely watching the scenery of Victoria Harbour, especially at night.

Route: (1) Central to Tsim Sha Tsui.

(2) Wan Chai to Tsim Sha Tsui

(3) The center is red.

(4) Wan Chai to Hung Hom

Driving time: 6: 30am to 165438+ 0: 30pm, depending on the airline.

Freight: adult: 2.2 Hong Kong dollars on the upper deck; The lower level is 1.7 Hong Kong dollars.

taxi

As for taxis, you'd better not choose them unless you have to, because they are ridiculously expensive now, starting from 2 kilometers.

15 HKD, and then every 0.2km 1.4 HKD. If you need to pass through tunnels and bridges on the way, or carry heavy luggage or animals, you will have to pay an extra surcharge. Each surcharge has been listed in the taxi.

Peak Tram

The Peak of Taiping Mountain is a must-see for almost every visitor to Hong Kong. You can have a bird's eye view of Hong Kong from the top of the mountain. You can take a cable car with a history of 100 years.

Starting point: Garden Road, Central.

Round-trip ticket: 30 yuan for adults and 9 yuan for children.

Shopping supplies

Q 1: How to choose your favorite from a wide variety of goods?

Before you leave, make a detailed list of the products and models you want to buy in Hong Kong, and find out the sales prices in the Mainland, so that you can compare them at any time when shopping in Hong Kong. Especially electronic products, if purchased in Hong Kong, are at a disadvantage in terms of warranty. If the price is similar, you might as well buy it in the mainland.

Because electronic products are updated very quickly and have many special functions, it is best to get ready at home, check the information on the Internet and look at professional magazines that introduce cameras. Please try your best to narrow down the objects you choose. Try to write down the basic packaging configuration of the product and be aware of it.

Q2: How to buy the goods with the lowest price and moisture?

Don't see what you like when you buy something. Pay for it immediately on impulse. Be sure to see more and walk more. The price of each store will vary greatly. Otherwise, no matter how much you lose, you can't ask for a return on the grounds that the price is too high! It's best to compare the price records of various stores and determine the target of centralized purchase in the last day or two.

Bargaining is not as popular as before, but now it only exists in small shops, vegetable markets and markets, and the quotation of electronic products will be very wet.

Q3: If we can identify the authenticity of the goods?

Commodities in Hong Kong, especially electrical products, are divided into "licensed goods" and "parallel goods". Goods that do not enter Hong Kong through special dealers are "parallel imports", which are relatively cheap, but they are genuine and the quality can be guaranteed. Different kinds of goods and models have different licensed products. Usually, the price difference of new models is large, and the price difference of old models is relatively small.

Generally speaking, it is not illegal to buy and sell "parallel imports" in Hong Kong, but tourists should know that there is no after-sales service for parallel imports when purchasing. But for mainland tourists, even licensed goods do not have much meaning after sale, so parallel imports have become the first choice. Some shops will indicate the prices of parallel imports and licensed goods in the window, while others will only write licensed goods. It's best to ask the store if there are any parallel imports to choose from before buying.

Even if the store quoted the price of parallel imports, there may still be considerable moisture in it. You'd better talk more about the price with the store.

Q4: Should we choose the popular products recommended by sales staff?

When you decide to buy goods, especially some electrical goods, stores often ask you to pay in advance. Generally, stores do not necessarily have malice in doing so, and they want to shoddy, but they are afraid that you will go back on your word and pay before buying. But just in case, you still ask the store to look at the goods before paying.

A buyer can never calculate a seller if there is no fraud or business. However, we should be more careful about the tricks of the store. When buying electronic products, some stores will show the model you choose and compare it with another model you choose. They make you feel that the products they recommend are particularly good by sweet words. Usually the products they recommend are 30-50% more expensive than your model. They just want to sell at a higher price. If you are tempted and can't make up your mind, stick to your original choice, or simply buy nothing and go back to study. If you are sure that their model is worth buying, you should be careful. He won't tell you the price of this model, but how much more expensive it is than your original model, and this price difference is the price difference before the discount, so you should continue to bargain on this basis.

Q5: What should I do if the goods I bought are not to my liking?

Generally speaking, goods sold in the Hong Kong market cannot be returned unless the goods sold are "unqualified". No matter how big the chain stores and reputable stores are, most merchants will not accept customers' complaints, returns or refund requests after leaving the stores.

Q6: Can shopping in different places be formally guaranteed?

The shopping mall scam in the shopping paradise is also "mature" accordingly. Remember to check carefully whether the goods you bought have been put into the package correctly. There may be some cosmetics, cameras or electrical stores, which will secretly replace some cheap models or inferior products with the ones you originally wanted.

When you buy valuables, you must take the receipt. The receipt should list the information about the goods, such as the style and part number of audio electronic equipment, the composition of precious stones and metals embedded in jewelry and watches, etc.

When buying cameras, electronics and computer products, don't forget to check whether the products are suitable for the voltage standards in the Mainland, and read the terms on the warranty certificate carefully. Generally speaking, the goods should be provided with a one-year free international warranty.

food

Hong Kong is known as a gourmet paradise. Food ranks ahead of Hong Kong characteristics such as Victoria Harbour, Taiping Mountain, shopping, world-class infrastructure and architectural design, and ranks first among the top ten charms of Hong Kong! It is a must to come here for a good meal.

In addition to the Hong Kong snacks introduced in this book, there is also a food map for readers' reference.

Six major food districts in Hong Kong

Exotic-Lan Kwai Fong and SOHO.

There are hundreds of restaurants and bars with international flavor in Lan Kwai Fong and SOHO areas near the escalator in Central. Here you can find delicious food from all the food kingdoms in the world.

Popular Asian cuisine-Kowloon City

Kowloon City used to be adjacent to the airport and built a very

Many restaurants. Thai restaurants and China restaurants are the most prosperous in this area. Because of its remote geographical location and relatively low price, it is an important position to taste the popular food in Hong Kong.

Seafood paradise-Saigon

Saigon used to be a fishing port, but now it has become a concentration camp for seafood stalls in Hong Kong. You can eat the freshest seafood here. Lei Yue Mun is a small fishing village in Kowloon Peninsula. Stéphanie Sokolinsk Bay and Banyan Bay, the main bays of Lamma Island, are both famous seafood worlds in Hong Kong.

Fashion Food-Tsim Sha Tsui

Tsim Sha Tsui is a high-density area for tourists, so restaurants can be found everywhere. The most fashionable international food is very popular here. The most lively place is the Nosford terrace, which is a sidewalk with restaurants and bars.

Authentic hong kong flavor-causeway bay

Causeway Bay is the most famous shopping area on Hong Kong Island, and a large number of people also laid the foundation for catering. The biggest food focus is the "food to heaven" at the top of Times Square.

Emotional resort-Stanley

Stanley, the most beautiful seascape in Hong Kong, is the place where Hong Kong worships foreign things and flatters foreigners, and is the least short of money. Foreigners prefer to gather here for rest, drinking and eating. So there are also many bars here. Of course, the price is high.

Entertainment articles

Surfing on the internet

Surfing the Internet in Hong Kong is a difficult problem. Even if you bring a notebook, you can't dial the telephone line in Hong Kong, because there is no public Internet account here, unless the phone in the hotel has applied for this service.

There are Internet cafes on the street, and the price is about 10 HK$/hour. There are also internet cafes that mainly order drinks. These internet cafes have no specific time regulations. When there are few customers, the waiter will not bother you. If there are many customers, they will urge you to add some drinks from time to time to continue your online time. What needs to be careful is that some internet cafes are actually pornographic places in the name of providing network services. If you find them, you'd better leave as soon as possible

Audio-visual books

The main audio-visual products stores in Hong Kong are:

HMV: There are four branches in Tsim Sha Tsui, Central, Causeway Bay and Sha Tin.

Tower record: In Times Square.

KPS vidio express: more than 30 branches.

book

In Hong Kong, you can buy rare domestic Hong Kong and Taiwan provincial editions and foreign language books. In particular, exquisite picture books have a complete range.

It's chaotic, and the price is much cheaper than that in Chinese mainland.

The main bookstores in Hong Kong are:

Tiandi Books: Wan Chai, Tsim Sha Tsui and other places;

Sanlian Bookstore: There are nearly 20 chain stores in Hong Kong;

Commercial Press: There are also many branches, the largest of which is in Causeway Bay.

Page 1 Bookstore: There are four branches: Times Square, Century Square, Harbour City and Festival Pedestrian Street.

Contemporary Book Center: Murray Road, China

In Causeway Bay, Tsim Sha Tsui, Mong Kok and other places, there are many small bookstores, which are generally located on the second floor of the store, so they are collectively called "second floor bookstores". You can often meet very good discount books in it.

There are also many characteristic bookstores in Hong Kong:

POV Corner Bookstore: The theme is movies and gender. Shop A, Building 37- 147, Camel Road, Wan Chai; Next to Broadway Film Center, H2 Haojunfa Garden, No.3 Zhong Fang Street, Yau Ma Tei.

Kubrick: Next to the Broadway Film Center in Yau Ma Tei, there is a movie book and poster shop.

Comic Tea House: 2nd floor, 69 Argyle Street, Mong Kok; Tel: 852-238 1 1377

Dongan Bookstore: 2nd floor, No.69 Xiyangcai South Street, Mong Kok; Tel: 852-2 19 15888

film

There can be no shortage of cinemas in Hong Kong, which is the third largest film producer in the world. In every block and shopping mall, you can see the shadow of the cinema.

The facilities of Hong Kong cinema are great. You must take time to go to Hong Kong to see a movie, otherwise it will be a pity. Tickets for Hong Kong movies are very cheap, regardless of blockbusters. Before 6 pm, the fare is usually below 45 yuan, and after 6 pm, the fare is 60 yuan.

The most luxurious and advanced cinema in Hong Kong is the Royal Fort Building in Causeway Bay.