Last verified: Monday, 19. August 2019 at 07:23 AM
Last verified: Monday, 19. August 2019 at 07:23 AM
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Travelling Hong Kong is (relatively) safe. We detected travel advisories from 6 sources for this specific country.
This country shares no land border with any other country. Thus, the region score is identical to the country risk rating.
These are the individual advisories published by other countries about the destination Hong Kong from a travellers perspective. The scoring of all messages combined is the foundation for the current rating 2.2 out of 5.0.
Danger level: 1 - Travel is usually safe. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion advises Maltese travellers that protests in the country continued unabated. There are reports of the presence of large troops near the mainland side and earlier this week the Hong Kong International Airport was totally closed for two days with hundreds of flights cancelled.
Source: https://foreignaffairs.gov.mt/en/Pages/Travel-Advice.aspx
Danger level: 2 - Travel is usually safe. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Exercise increased caution in Hong Kong due to civil unrest. Since June 2019, several large scale and smaller political demonstrations have taken place in various areas of Hong Kong, including at Hong Kong International Airport. Most have been peaceful, but some have turned confrontational or resulted in violent clashes. Police have used a variety of crowd ...
Danger level: 2 - Travel is usually safe. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Exercise increased caution in Hong Kong due to civil unrest. Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.
Danger level: 2 - Travel is usually safe. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Iaktta normal försiktighet - Undvik demonstrationer. Håll reda på pass och värdeföremål.
Danger level: 3 - Travel with high caution. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
The Canadian goverment suggests: Exercise a high degree of caution.
Danger level: 3 - Travel with high caution. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
High degree of caution
Source: https://www.dfa.ie/travel/travel-advice/a-z-list-of-countries/china-hong-kong-macau/
This is the change history of the risk assessment of Hong Kong.
The total rating for Hong Kong changed from 2.0 to 2.2. Here are the influencing details:
The New Zealand government issued a new warning for Hong Kong with a rating of 2.0.
The Canadian government issued a new warning for Hong Kong with a rating of 3.0.
The total rating for Hong Kong changed from 0.0 to 2.0. Here are the influencing details:
The United States government increased their existing warning for Hong Kong to 2.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 1.0 (by +1.0).
Hong Kong with its capital Hong Kong is a country in Asia (Eastern Asia), six times the size of Washington, DC (1,092 km²). The country is located Eastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China. The climate can be described as subtropical monsoon; cool and humid in winter, hot and rainy from spring through summer, warm and sunny in fall. The landscape is hilly to mountainous with steep slopes; lowlands in north. With a population of about 6.9 million citizens.
| Topic | Value |
|---|---|
| Capital | Hong Kong |
| Population | about 6.9 million |
| Size | 1.092 km² |
| Size comparable to | six times the size of Washington, DC |
| Common languages | English, Chinese |
| Currency | Dollar (short: HKD) |
| Common voltage (electricity) | 220V - 50Hz |
| Used GSM Frequencies | 900/1800/3G |
| International phone prefix | +852 |
| Internet Top Level Domain | .hk |
| Countrycode: ISO Alpha 2 | HK |
| Countrycode: ISO Alpha 3 | HKG |
| Countrycode: ISO Numeric | 344 |
These are problems Hong Kong is facing. Environmental issues refer to damages of the nature due to industry and society. Natural hazzards refer to potential dangers originating in nature.
Environmental problems
Natural hazzards
These are the main product industries and agricultural products of Hong Kong. This list indicates what this country is good at producing.
Industries
Agriculture products
These are the main product categories of imports and exports to and from Hong Kong.
Export products
Import products
Hong Kong is currently rated at 2,2 out of a possible 5.0. Collected from 6 official sources. Travelling Hong Kong is (relatively) safe.
You are good to go, enjoy your trip to Hong Kong.
We currently evaluate 11 official sources each morning. Today, we know of active advisories from 6 individual sources for Hong Kong.
Hong Kong has a size of 1,092 km² or 422 mi² which is six times the size of Washington, DC.
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