Visiting Hong Kong? Many use the ‘little red book’ as their guide

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Unassuming, tucked-away locations across Hong Kong have suddenly become tourism hotspots, partly because of a wave of influencers using the mainland Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu. The word “little red book” refers to an Instagram-like social media platform that has hosted a surge in “city walk” guides offering details about photogenic spots. The guides have become popular among Mandarin speakers who hope to indulge in cultural experiences and find tips about taking the best share-worthy photos. The Post caught up with some visitors on the Xiaohongshu path to learn how it affects the Hong Kong tourism experience.
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@maxdc988 Месяц назад

Many Mandarin-speaking Malaysians and Singaporeans also used the XiaoHongShu as a travel and dining guide. 😂

@ALWH1314 Месяц назад

I use this APP in US, please don’t let Congress know.

@kendellfriend5558 Месяц назад

Same, I’m American but I’m learning Chinese. Why can I find recommendations on Xiaohongshu but not instagram? 😂☠️

@kevinschultz1024 Месяц назад

Commies

@hide_on_peanut Месяц назад

It is useful even in the US if you could read Chinese

@luogl Месяц назад

@@kendellfriend5558 No need to learn Chinese, for what?

@yichenyin7138 Месяц назад

@POTUS 😂

@M3.Lorenzo Месяц назад

Interesting. Noticed the background music? To me it's one rare occasion where SCMP doesn't use the eerie weird background music when it comes to China-related reporting...😅

@shaozhihao Месяц назад

经常犯病偶尔正常

@qiupingliLiwaing Месяц назад

还好吧！

@misterdd7239 Месяц назад

JackMa who bought over SCMP sought to use it for his own political agenda perhaps he wanted to be president of China. Until he was discovered, hence the rumour of his disappearance before in China, hes actually laying low.

@soullesessess Месяц назад

Xiaohongshu has become the new Google for me except its result is more relatable and more recent. It’s incredible.

@carmenirigoyen-lopez9920 Месяц назад

Please do keep the heritage sites of vintage Hong Kong! Such places should be restored by the government authorities … skyscrapers are almost the same all over the world…tourists want to see what makes Hong Kong unique…hopefully they will Also revive their film industry, and offer incentives for foreign filmmakers to choose their sites for their movies!

@hoco27 Месяц назад

Finally something that makes sense for HK tourism to promote. The old kind of toursim aint coming back. Now if only, it can work on making it more affordable so able to compete against other tourist market in SEA and EA.

@klubcj Месяц назад

Believe or not, this works in Australia too.

@huapianp Месяц назад

Also works in London.

@Hkchinese888 Месяц назад

The poor tourists aren’t welcome

@echozhao3124 Месяц назад

many overseas Chinese use this app

@ch1kusoo Месяц назад

about 5 years ago, TVB News Magazine or Sunday Report (forgot which one) did a report on tourism in HK. The gist of it was, for many years, HK was promoted as some kind of shopping heaven with many name brands in the city. Mainlanders who went to the HK would go there to shop and that's why we got that image of big spending mainlanders buying jewelry or some fancy stuff. The HKers they interviewed in the show said that there should be more promotion for scenic attractions in the city and more calm activities like nature walks. There's less shopping now and more about experiencing HK like what these people are doing. But then people who complained back then that mainlanders who shop too much, are complaining that mainlanders are not shopping as much.

@btlim4316 Месяц назад

Yah. It happened in malaysia too. Now a bunch of people take photo at this McDonald's near lot 10. So weird😂

@mydoto Месяц назад

Mao's little red book.

@chrislee5685 Месяц назад

Catchy name that why it popular 😂

@CARMAGEPRODUCTIONS Месяц назад

The translation is wrong and misleding

@gab_gallard Месяц назад

What do you mean?

@beanmanbutchina Месяц назад

I’ve been to Hong Kong, not worth it Might aswell go to Shenzhen No this is not a psyop, I just genuinely didn’t like my time there

@john-gb6cc Месяц назад

and this is why japan block the mt fuji lawson

@michaelgothenburg364 Месяц назад

I used to work in Hong Kong and loved my time there. Problem is that all my old Cantonese friends have left since the take over so I know no one there any longer. No, I won't go back. Talking about brain drain

@Hkchinese888 Месяц назад

Don’t come, go elsewhere 😂 Don’t take the risk

@xxg6573 Месяц назад

你省省吧

@michaelgothenburg364 Месяц назад

@@Hkchinese888 Sure Wumao

@michaelgothenburg364 Месяц назад

Sure all Womao's. The next decade is going to belong to India anyway, certainly not china

@Unanswered888 Месяц назад

2:06 is that Yun Ha-Jeong from singles inferno 3?!!!

@amoswang1473 Месяц назад

"Red Book"

@mydoto Месяц назад

at least one person gets it

@bornechristopher2347 Месяц назад

bro is being a bit sensitive

@philipmo4609 Месяц назад

All visitors take pictures at those spots too🎉🎉🎉

@Hkchinese888 Месяц назад

Welcome to Hong Kong, curry fish ball is our heritage. 😂😂

@chrislee5685 Месяц назад

Nope not your heritage you Kumarian go back to your hole. 🤣🤣 Poda.

@saamthepuffer4336 Месяц назад

Hkchinese888 speedrunning comments about Hong Kong in SCMP:

@Hkchinese888 Месяц назад

@@saamthepuffer4336 post argument not accusation, comrade

@nicholasfooong. Месяц назад

Bot@@saamthepuffer4336

@saamthepuffer4336 Месяц назад

@@Hkchinese888 It's true though, as I see you every time SCMP posts about Hong Kong

@freshcoffee278 Месяц назад

I am chinese indonesian who use this social media also lol. There are currently mainland chinese social media that i use. Bilibili & xiaohongshu. I also use tiktok but global server one.

@misterdd7239 Месяц назад

indo chinese can read and understand mandarin? something unheard of.

@freshcoffee278 Месяц назад

@@misterdd7239 i am a chinese language student 👌

@kendellfriend5558 Месяц назад

@@misterdd7239… have you ever been to Asia?

@PChan-yt4uf Месяц назад

The 'little Red Book' continues to fuel a new type of cultural revolution. 😂

@beanmanbutchina Месяц назад

Add “Mao’s” infront of it fr

@vueport99 Месяц назад

Overseas tourists have plunged to all time lows. And as highlighted by this video, these 'experienced based' tourists don't help the local economy. HK parks, benches, ferry docks, overnight restaurants,.. Are now occupied nightly by homeless tourists from the mainland who try to outdo each other with how little they spend to tour HK. The more affluent tourists go back to the mainland each night where hotels are 1/5 the cost. The actual rich chinese tourists travel overseas to Japan, Korea, Europe etc. HK travel industry is on life support. It's done

@sommmeguy Месяц назад

Do you folks know that there is a giant Buddha on Lantau Island? Hong Kong is beautiful, you don't have to take pictures of alleys and buses.

@zl6800 Месяц назад

love it.

@ColinnotColin Месяц назад

now people can't even play basketball normally...

@CARMAGEPRODUCTIONS Месяц назад

nice

@GeraldDeBelen Месяц назад

It's just for the gram...

@irritatedanglosaxon1705 Месяц назад

Gram is outdated, u don't paid attention it's called Xiaohongshu

@Kylelongwest Месяц назад

Hotels in Hong Kong are expensive.

@capricorn839 Месяц назад

I agree

@Cmi1267 Месяц назад

so it's instagram??

@bakerstreet101 Месяц назад

These sound like the same people who followed the idiotic trend to take photos of convenience store in front of Mount Fuji.

@prormrx Месяц назад

I too use 'little red book' to understand china and it's language better. And ulike RU-vid it's not very political

@abc2390986 Месяц назад

What do you mean not political posting anything related to Japan and Korea and bots will be swarming in your account.

@leonzspotg Месяц назад

@@abc2390986it’s not though? there are so many tour guides for japan and korea there, what are you on about?

@nntflow7058 Месяц назад

That's a lie. Anything about Japan or South Korea. Everyone get political.

@BBme Месяц назад

Almost all the pictures are low level standards because they were shot by low standard photographers. Its the same those people who keep selfie wherever they are, like sleeping selfie, eating selfie, walking selfie, tired selfie, working selfie,....

@NicholasFoong69 Месяц назад

James Cage White is a representation of how the average chinese looks and acts like in real life.

@NicholasFoong69 Месяц назад

@@ToiChutGongWu No, i am Toi Chut Gong Wu

@wynn3077 Месяц назад

@@ToiChutGongWuHow shocking bot 😂

@nicholasfooong. Месяц назад

@@ToiChutGongWuI am nicholasfooong, the biological father of ToiChutGongWu

@nicholasfooong. Месяц назад

@@ToiChutGongWu Sinophobia? It'll be a great contribution to freedom of speech, democracy and rule of laws.

@nicholasfooong. Месяц назад

@@ToiChutGongWu 🏳️‍1937🏳️‍

@RaidenOverlord Месяц назад

The girl is Malaysian and speaks Chinese like Taiwanese locals for some reason.

@hink0027 Месяц назад

yep , because overseas chinese dont have heavy accent like in mainland chinese

@zennoix9984 Месяц назад

Their ancestors came from Southern China (especially Guangdong and Fujian provinces) so they speak Southern Chinese accent just like Taiwanese.

@penguinpingu3807 Месяц назад

@@hink0027depends, the typical accent in the North is the steortypical accent of mainland China. Southern Chinese accents tend to be different. I met a guy from Guangzhou his accent is similar to my Malaysian Chinese accent. Even Hong Kongers can detect that I am from Malaysia based on my accent.

@kendellfriend5558 Месяц назад

To be honest I thought her accent was Malay. I could be wrong.

@qicui9461 Месяц назад

i think this is better than ins

@LarryNg-mx8qz Месяц назад

people are naive... these are being tracked and logged in their servers

@stac Месяц назад

all that for 7-12 little likes on their post.

@deany1980 Месяц назад

Not only in Hong Kong. This is a global trend for the Chinese community and choosing places to go see Certainly the case in Melbourne Australia

@MasterLeong888 Месяц назад

Green dragon lets go

@weareorigin Месяц назад

Looks like a Hong Kong Instagram, promoting tourism pics

@demonphobia Месяц назад

Do you know that "little red book" is synonymous to Mao Yu Lu, which is the chairman Mao's dictation back during Cultural Revolution?

@jaker3151 Месяц назад

Would be great if Hong Kong revived things like Dai Pai Dongs and neon signs, things that were synonymous with Hong Kong.

@iria2663 Месяц назад

They travel to Hong Kong to take selfies? Lol

@abc2390986 Месяц назад

Trust me this app is the reason why Chinese tourists are able to find the most random places of your country and trashing them.

@hehe-mq2bk Месяц назад

lol

@Hkchinese888 Месяц назад

And how to spend $15 per day in your country

@ZYau-lc5ql Месяц назад

little red book?🤣

@jeffreytam1514 Месяц назад

The Bible & the Koran of China

@echozhao3124 Месяц назад

i use it for cooking tutorial😂

@wynn3077 Месяц назад

Egg fried rice .

@mikehinchliffe9163 Месяц назад

Mao’s little red book?

@huapianp Месяц назад

It's a social media app similar to Instagram, which is more popular than Instagram in China. Due to the massive amounts of posts related to a variety of fields posted in this app, many users use this app as a 'search engine'

@abc2390986 Месяц назад

That’s the exact reference.

@Rom974 Месяц назад

Wellcome to hongkong and get free face of rude in every where😩😩

@0IIIIII Месяц назад

Never ever gonna visit your little dictatorship

@Ray-hn5ng Месяц назад

xiaohongshu👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@_MANASYt Месяц назад

I use Couchsurfing... Anywhere in the world. Doesn't get more authentic 😎

@bige2576 Месяц назад

HK is doomed

@donlye7698 Месяц назад

Hong Kong has become Stink Kong after the completed rule by the CCP😂

@user-jp1qt8ut3s Месяц назад

Wow, are they human or parrot? I miss a sign of intelligence and creativity

@chrislee5685 Месяц назад

Most are lady that just want to shown of their photo taken at popular spot.

@user-jp1qt8ut3s Месяц назад

@@chrislee5685 how boring 🥱😂

@chrislee5685 Месяц назад

@@user-jp1qt8ut3s Agree but what are we to say about others hobby it their freedom

@user-jp1qt8ut3s Месяц назад

@@chrislee5685 I am worried that this reflects how little independent they are

@chrislee5685 Месяц назад

@@user-jp1qt8ut3s Lol you seriously gonna link woman hobby taking beauty photo with independent? That just rediculous.

@comchadelalora Месяц назад

Don't visit HK. I recommend traveling to other parts of Asia. HK is a very unfriendly city. Crowded with bad mannered and unfriendly people. Extremely expensive without nothing much to offer.

@shqip_sumejja Месяц назад

At least tourists bring money to an area

@kl9518 Месяц назад

Hong Kong needs this. They are losing their own people to the mainland for tourism. Hong Kong is expensive and boring.

@aarcoh Месяц назад

STEPS FOR VISITING HONG KONG 1. RESPECT THE BOLD AND VISIONARY LEADERSHIP OF XI JINPING 2. DO NOT INTERFERE IN CHINA'S DOMESTIC AFFAIRS 3. HELP XI JINPING TO SPREAD PEACE AND PROSPERITY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD