Opinion | New tourist attractions for Hong Kong to consider, from bridge climbs and Instagrammable swings to making better use of our country parks

Let’s start with a joke.

“How do you spell ‘tourists’?”

“T-o-u-r-i-f-t-s.”

“Hang on, there ain’t no ‘f’ in tourists.”

“That’s right.”

Indeed, until very recently, Hong Kong was utterly devoid of effing tourists. However, now that the LeaveHomeSafe contact-tracing app malarkey has been consigned to where it belongs, those little cash cows are starting to come traipsing back.

But even with the barnstorming launch of the Tourism Board’s Hello Hong Kong campaign and the willy-nilly handout of freebie plane tickets, the city needs to up its game. Frankly speaking, Hong Kong’s old tourism chestnuts, such as trams and the Star Ferry, have a shelf life.