The territory of Hong Kong primarily consists of Hong Kong Island, Lantau Island, Kowloon Peninsula and the New Territories. Hong Kong (6,898,686 (July 2005 est.)) was occupied by the UK in 1841, it was formally ceded by China the following year; various adjacent lands were added later in the 19th century. Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and the UK on 19 December 1984, Hong Kong became the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China on 1 July 1997. In this agreement, China has promised that, under its "one country, two systems" formula, China's socialist economic system will not be imposed on Hong Kong and that Hong Kong will enjoy a high degree of autonomy in all matters except foreign and defense affairs for the next 50 years. The climate of Hong Kong is tropical monsoon; cool and humid in winter, hot and rainy from spring through summer, warm and sunny in fall. Eighty per cent of Hong Kong's precipitation occurs between May and September, with August registering the highest rainfall.

Renowned as one of the world's most sophisticated cities, Hong Kong Island boasts award-winning architecture at the foot of Victoria Peak and a scenic coastline. A popular destination for shoppers from around the world, Hong Kong has everything to offer. Hong Kong is a popular travel destination, making tourism one of its largest industries, in 2004, 21,800,000 tourists visited the country. Between the main attractions is: Victoria Peak which overlooks the city's famous skyline, Victoria Harbour, Aberdeen with the local fisherfolk, their boat community and the nearby world-famous floating restaurants, Stanley Market, Hong Kong Disneyland, the fifth and most recent Disneyland in the world. Enjoy the scenic coastal beauty of Deep Water Bay and Repulse Bay. Kowloon Peninsula possesses some of the most interesting cityscapes in Asia. I suggest also a day trip to Macao (Macau) , that is reachable with fast ferries.

 

HOTELS IN HONG KONG

 

FLIGHT INFORMATION: Hong Kong is served by the Hong Kong International Airport (known as Chek Lap Kok Airport), this new airport was built on an artificial island and in 2005 was the third busiest airport for passenger traffic in Asia , and the world's second busiest airport for cargo traffic, in 2005, the airport handled 40,053,819 passengers.

The following are the airlines that serve Hong Kong International Airport:

Aeroflot (Moscow-Sheremetyevo), Air Canada (Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver), Air China (Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Guiyang, Hangzhou, Tianjin), Air France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle), Air India (Bangkok, Delhi, Mumbai, Osaka-Kansai, Seoul-Incheon), Air Mauritius (Mauritius), Air New Zealand (Auckland, London-Heathrow), Air Niugini (Manila, Port Moresby), All Nippon Airways (Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Narita), Asiana Airlines (Seoul-Incheon), Bangkok Airways (Samui), Siem Reap Airways (Phnom Penh, Siem Reap), Biman Bangladesh Airlines (Dhaka), British Airways (London-Heathrow), Cathay Pacific (Adelaide, Amsterdam, Auckland, Bahrain, Bangkok, Beijing, Brisbane, Cairns, Cebu, Colombo, Delhi, Denpasar, Dubai, Frankfurt, Fukuoka, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta, Johannesburg, Karachi, Kuala Lumpur, London-Heathrow, Los Angeles, Manchester, Manila, Melbourne, Mumbai, Nagoya-Centrair, New York-JFK, Osaka-Kansai, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Penang, Perth, Riyadh, Rome-Fiumicino, San Francisco, Sapporo-Chitose, Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai-Pudong, Singapore, Surabaya, Sydney, Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan, Tokyo-Narita, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver, Xiamen), Dragonair (Beijing, Busan [begins January 19, 2007], Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Dhaka, Fuzhou, Guilin, Haikou, Hangzhou, Kaohsiung, Kota Kinabalu, Kunming, Nanjing, Ningbo, Phnom Penh, Phuket,Qingdao, Sanya, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenyang, Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan, Tokyo-Narita, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xian), Cebu Pacific (Cebu, Davao, Manila), China Airlines (Bangkok, Jakarta, Kaohsiung, Kuala Lumpur, Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan), Mandarin Airlines (Kaohsiung, Taichung-ChingChuanKang), China Eastern Airlines (Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Hefei, Jinan, Kunming, Nanchang, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qingdao, Shanghai-Pudong, Shijiazhuang, Tunxi, Wenzhou, Wuxi, Xian, Yantai), China Southern Airlines (Beijing, Changchun, Changsha, Dalian, Guangzhou, Guilin, Haikou, Harbin, Kunming, Meixian, Nanning, Sanya, Shantou, Shenyang, Urumqi, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xiamen, Zhanjiang, Zhengzhou), Continental Airlines (Newark), Continental Airlines operated by Continental Micronesia (Guam), El Al (Tel Aviv), Emirates (Bangkok, Dubai), Ethiopian Airlines (Addis Ababa, Bangkok), EVA Air (Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan), Finnair (Bangkok, Helsinki), Garuda Indonesia (Jakarta), Gulf Air (Bahrain, Bangkok), Hong Kong Airlines (Angeles City, Changsha, Daegu, Fuzhou, Guilin, Haikou, Kunming, Nanning, Phuket, Sanya, Siem Reap, Tianjin), Hong Kong Express (Chengdu, Chiang Mai, Chongqing, Hangzhou, Laoag, Ningbo, Taichung-ChingChuanKang), Japan Airlines (Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Narita), Jetstar Asia (Singapore), Kenya Airways (Bangkok, Nairobi), KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam), Korean Air (Busan, Seoul-Incheon), Lufthansa (Frankfurt, Munich), Malaysia Airlines (Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur, Kuching), Northwest Airlines (Los Angeles, Tokyo-Narita), Oasis Hong Kong Airlines (London-Gatwick), Orient Thai Airlines (Bangkok, Phuket), Pakistan International Airlines (Bangkok, Islamabad, Karachi), Philippine Airlines (Manila), Qantas (Brisbane, London-Heathrow, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney), Qatar Airways (Doha) Royal Brunei (Bendar Seri Begawan), Royal Nepal Airlines (Kathmandu), Saudi Arabian Airlines (Manila, Riyadh), Shandong Airlines (Yantai), Shanghai Airlines (Shanghai-Pudong) Sichuan Airlines (Chengdu, Chongqing), Siem Reap Airways (Phnom Penh, Siem Reap), Singapore Airlines (San Francisco, Singapore) South African Airways (Johannesburg), SriLankan Airlines (Bangkok, Colombo) Swiss International Air Lines (Zürich), Thai Airways International (Bangkok, Phuket, Seoul-Incheon, Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan), Turkish Airlines (Istanbul-Atatürk), United Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Ho Chi Minh City, San Francisco, Singapore, Tokyo-Narita), Vietnam Airlines (Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City), Virgin Atlantic Airways (London-Heathrow, Sydney), Xiamen Airlines (Fuzhou, Wuyishan, Xiamen).