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Since its launch in 2003, the individual visit scheme has brought about a boost to Hong Kong’s economy.迷你倉 Led by tourism, the hotel, retail and transport industries have seen increases in job availability while other related industries are also flourishing. Nevertheless, problems soon arose with the soaring number of individual visitors.Hong Kong’s ability to absorb so many tourists has reached a bottleneck. It must figure out an appropriate approach to strive for more high value-added visitors and expand its tourist reception capacity.To optimise and sustain tourism development, the city should plan beyond the short-term economic benefits of the Individual Visit Scheme and multi-entry permits. Instead, we have to strive for high value-added visitors, with MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) visitors in particular being an important target to boost.Unfortunately, we now face a capacity problem for striving the MICE visitors. Hong Kong has limited resources and space for exhibition venues. Although expansion of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre has been discussed, according to the report “Hong Kong Exhibition Market”, by Chinese University Professor Cheung Wai-man and BMT Asia-Pacific, the convention centre and AsiaWorld-Expo are at or above 90 per cent occ儲存倉pancy for only 39 and 14 days respectively each year. This clearly indicates that shortage of venue space is only a seasonal phenomenon. Instead of investing hundreds of millions on the phase three expansion of the exhibition centre, it would be far more economical to make use of existing resources during peak usage.The most efficient solution would be the “one show, two venues” concept. Co-operation between the convention centre and AsiaWorld-Expo has been lacking and therefore existing resources are not used to their full potential. Better co-ordination between all parties would enable Hong Kong to organise some of the largest exhibitions in the world.In addition to striving for MICE visitors, the government should also divert tourist attractions to Lantau. With the inclusion of the airport, AsiaWorld-Expo, Disneyland, and the soon-to-be completed Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge, a solid economic foundation has been established for Lantau.The government needs to take a more active role in stimulating the regional economy, increasing the supply of commercial and residential building space and expanding catering and leisure services. This will bring employment opportunities, reduce pressure on tourist attractions elsewhere, and enhance the government’s popularity.Hui Man-cheong, Sau Mau Ping迷你倉最平