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Kam Tin in the New Territories is a domestic tourist destination – no thanks to official initiatives A child interacts with a mural in Kam Tin. Photo: SCMP / Winson Wong
With outbound travel from Hong Kong all but dead due to pandemic restrictions, recent months have seen domestic visitors throng to formerly ignored, out-of-the-way spots. One that has seen a tremendous weekend spike in local tourists - astonishingly, perhaps, to anyone who once knew the place - is Kam Tin.
Now easily accessible by MTR, the journey from Hong Kong s urban areas was in the past a considerable trek, which involved several changes of public transport. At least half a day would be taken up with the return journey over Tai Mo Shan and a desultory look around - and for what, more than a few visitors querulously asked themselves, when they eventually got back to Kowloon.