Hong Kong’s 500,000 ticket giveaway: Here’s how to win a free flight from UAE

Hong Kong’s 500,000 ticket giveaway: Here’s how to win a free flight from UAE

Hong Kong will begin giving away 500,000 airline tickets from Wednesday in a bid to attract visitors and boost its flagging economy, just as it finally drops its compulsory mask-wearing rule. The tickets will be distributed by the city's airlines "- Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd and its budget unit HK Express, as well as Hong Kong Airlines Ltd and newcomer Greater Bay Airlines Co. Residents in Thailand, initially. Cathay will hand out 80,000 round-trip tickets in March, starting Wednesday with 17,400 allocated to Thailand. Then it will expand the handouts to Singapore and the Philippines later this week and other nearby Asian countries in the following days. Hong Kong Airlines will also distribute tickets from Wednesday to residents of Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam. The carrier hasn't disclosed how many tickets will be handed out to each country. Greater Bay Airlines will give out tickets to Taiwan in May, followed by South Korea in July. HK Express will join the campaign in April, but it hasn't disclosed details. Free tickets will open for mainland Chinese residents in April. Some 80,000 tickets will become available to Hong Kong residents in July, though it is unclear what routes they will be valid