Attractive natural landscapes, deals and the opportunity to delight in completely brand-new experiences have actually motivated Hong Kong-based domestic assistant Afolin Candaza to head to mainland China numerous times.
The 41-year-old Filipino, who has actually operated in Hong Kong for 10 years, has actually signed up with 3 day-trip group trips taking assistants to neighbouring Guangdong province given that August of in 2015.
Candaza stated she aspired to check out the mainland throughout her weekly day of rest on Sunday as she had actually currently covered Hong Kong thoroughly. She included that an increasing variety of her pals, who likewise worked as assistants in the city, had actually been venturing throughout the border.
Comparable to their Hong Kong companies, a growing variety of foreign domestic assistants have actually been heading north to invest– a pattern that got after the border resuming in 2015 following years-long pandemic-related limitations.
The last journey Candaza took part February took her and a group of more than 30 assistants, primarily from the Philippines, to the Yinxian resort in Dongguan, her 2nd time there.
They collected at 7.30 am at the Lo Wu checkpoint and took a two-hour bus trip to the location, a resort offering natural surroundings and amusement trips.
She had an awesome time strolling on a glass bridge, experienced the chill of synthetic snow, and had a blast riding a roller rollercoaster and a bumper cars and truck. The group went back to Hong Kong at around 8.30 pm.
The trip bundle consisted of a group visa, a lunch meal, a tourist guide, a bus trip, insurance coverage and entryway costs, and expense HK$ 350 (US$ 45) per individual. Candaza stated she invested about HK$ 300 more on street food, treats and mementos.
“The journeys were great and they opened an entire brand-new experience to me. I'm excited to check out mainland China more,” she stated.
She included that she prepared to take her child, a 20-year-old college student who would visit her in Hong Kong later on this month, on among the mainland journeys.
There are more than 338,000 foreign domestic assistants in the city, mainly from the Philippines and Indonesia.
Typically, they should be accompanied by their companies if they want to take a trip throughout the border. Signing up with group trips was another alternative.
Assistants stated travel bureau assisted them get a group visa which took about 3 days to procedure and did not need a guarantor.
Leynie Lascano, a 35-year-old domestic assistant from the Philippines, signed up with a group of more than 40 assistants on a day journey to the Window of the World, an amusement park in Shenzhen in September in 2015.
She stated she was motivated to sign up with the journey by her buddies, who shared about their enjoyable taking a trip experience in assistant groups.
Lascano stated she delighted in visiting the tourist attraction, which included reproductions of more than 100 world landmarks, such as the Eiffel Tower.
She took pictures and videos of her and her good friends at a number of the recreations of the landmarks, and published them on her social networks account, which drew remarks from other assistants who revealed interest in checking out.
“I wish to check out taking a trip to various locations where we can go sightseeing, checking out stunning websites and experiencing a various culture,” she stated.
Lascano, likewise a mom of 2 boys, stated she aspired to check out more mainland cities. She was conserving cash and preparing to sign up with a trip to Beijing and go to the Great Wall of China later on.
The growing interest in checking out the mainland amongst assistants has actually increased business of travel bureau providing low-fare outing throughout the border.
Filipino Rizza Mae Zorilla Zubiaga, a 30-year-old previous assistant, now works part-time event assistants for such trips arranged by a travel bureau, after she went on the journeys herself while operating in Hong Kong in 2015.
She stated she had actually seen more assistants registering for the trips given that the border resuming. She caused 10 to 20 assistants to sign up with the field trip every Sunday or every other Sunday, with more signing up with on public vacations.
Lots of were impressed by the traveler destinations, food, deals in addition to the hospitality of individuals throughout the border, she included.
“I can see what [mainland] China appears like, although I simply took a trip a part [of it],” she stated.
The firm likewise provides another 3 mainland outing for assistants, with 2 in Shenzhen and one in Dongguan, charging in between HK$ 350 and HK$ 450.
Darian Corpuz, owner and handling director of the travel bureau, which was developed in 2009 and primarily targets Filipinos, stated the strong momentum had actually continued with about 50 assistants signing up with the journeys each Sunday.
She included that more than 400 assistants signed up with trips over this year's Lunar New Year vacation.
“After the pandemic, a great deal of them are so interested to take a trip even for one day to loosen up,” she stated, including that her firm increase marketing on Facebook and Instagram.
“They discovered it was so low-cost there and they likewise wished to experience it since their companies likewise went to mainland China.”
