TravelAsiaCities: At A Glance: Travel Hongkong.
More than ten years after its handover to China, Hong Kong is as vibrant and influential as ever. A city of paradoxes, it hides pockets of historic architecture under a slick modern veneer. But at its heart, this is one of Asia’s most relevant cities, where an influx of business travelers and tourists continue to come in increasing numbers.
Most visitors arrive via Hong Kong International Airport, an ultra-modern facility dazzling enough to keep winning the title of ‘World’s Best Airport’. From here, business travelers can connect to sophisticated airport hotels nearby while tourists transfer to hotels in Hong Kong city center.
Hong Kong Island is that island which gives the territory Hong Kong its name. Not really the largest part of the territory, it is the place that many tourists regard as the main attraction though. The parade of buildings that make the Hong Kong skyline is said to be a glittering bar chart that is made apparent by the presence of the waters of Victoria Harbour.
Want to see the best sights of Hong Kong? Then leave the island and head for the opposite Kowloon waterfront. The great majority of Hong Kong Island’s urban development is densely packed on reclaimed land along the northern shore. Victoria was once the colony’s capital but has been rebranded with a more descriptive name known as Central. READ MORE