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A business group has proposed developing Lantau into a commercial zone, with more shopping malls in Tung Chung, to divert tourists from overcrowded districts such as Tsim Sha Tsui, Central and Causeway Bay.新蒲崗迷你倉With the airport being sited in Lantau, visitors are already on the island when they arrive. Developing a commercial zone there, goes the argument, can ensure a percentage of the tourists remain there, at least temporarily, so reducing numbers in other traditionally crowded areas in Hong Kong and Kowloon. However, this thinking is rather simplistic.According to Tourism Commission figures, Hong Kong received a record 48.6 million visitors in 2012, almost 72 per cent of these from the mainland. Since most of these arrive by crossing thmini storage Shenzhen-Hong Kong border, developing Lantau into a commercial zone is unlikely to greatly affect their willingness to travel to traditionally favoured, overcrowded, districts.Moreover, developing Lantau into a commercial zone will attract only those visitors interested in shopping, missing those seeking, say, heritage or local food.Besides, some tourist spots can never be replaced, or replicated, such as Victoria Harbour, Lan Kwai Fong, and so on.In conclusion, I support limiting the number of mainland people arriving, which increases each year. Although this can benefit Hong Kong’s economy, we simply can’t accommodate unlimited escalating numbers, which might deepen evident existing Hong Kong-mainland antipathy.Ho Chien-chang, Sha Tinself storage