Glen (Australia)

About 40 million Chinese mainlanders visited Hong Kong last year and this volume overwhelmed the city's capacity to receive tourists. The great benefits mainland visitors create only go to a small number of tourism-related industries, but most local residents have to shoulder the inconvenience caused. Employment positions created by the multiple-entry travel policy is only limited to some low-income service industries and the policy does not contribute much to Hong Kong's GDP.

A protester restrains a mainland Chinese traveler who allegedly beat other protesters during a demonstration inside a shopping mall in Hong Kong, Feb 15. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu