Industry Profile


In the tourism industry, people are usually employed in travel agencies / ticketing agencies. Their business can be broadly divided into the following three areas:


Inbound travel agencies:

They provide services for incoming visitors by guiding them in sightseeing and shopping. Some of them also arrange tours to the Mainland for visitors.

Outbound travel agencies:

They mainly provide services for Hong Kong people travelling abroad. For instance, they arrange package tours, book air tickets and hotel accommodation for the clients.

Ticketing agencies:

They mainly help visitors to make transport arrangements (e.g. air tickets and rail passes) and book hotel accommodation.


Some travel agencies are only engaged in one area of business (for example, ticketing business) while some are engaged in all the above areas.


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