Most tourist will fly into Hong Kong. Coming through its new state of the art Hong Kong International Airport in Chek Lap Kok, the airport is housed in a small island. Architect and designed byte ht famous Sir Norman Foster, the airport opened in 1998 and now receives international flights in and out of Hong Kong daily.

To cater to its tourism and economical industries, Hong Kong must be able to accommodate these flights everyday. Places like Melbourne flies in 4 times daily, Britain has 11, Los Angeles has 4 and New York has 3. This would also include flights in and around the Asean region as well, with daily and frequent flights to all major cities like Kuala Lumpur, Ho Chih Minh City and Singapore. Therefore, upon arriving in the Hong Kong International Airport, the tourist will have the first taste of how busy the country is day in day out just by watching the throngs of people flying in and out of Hong Kong.

The third most busiest passenger traffic airport in Asia is hosted by its national airline Cathay Pacific. Its budget airline started in 2006, named Oasis Hong Kong which provide long haul international destinations like the USA and London for an affordable rate. Cathay Pacific also has its own budget air named Dragon Air.

Once at the airport, one can take the Airport Express, the transportation service provided to ferry passengers to and from the airport. The train takes about 23 minutes to get to the city center. Passengers are able to take their baggages with them and there are very helpful personnel around the stations always ready to help.

Fares for the Airport Express is about HKD 60 to 100 for one way and about HKD100 to 180 for return. This largely depends on the distance one needs to travel.

Another way to get out of the airport to the city is via the Airbuses. These are more direct services provided that will take one to specific places in the city. This is of course slower and less efficient. The buses will ferry passengers to spots like Tung Chung, Nathan Road or the various Hotels in and around the city.

There are basically two types of routes available, known as the ‘A’ and ‘E’ routes. A routes are more direct and faster while E routes take longer routes and are less costly.

One of Hong Kong’s trademarks and well known scenes are its red taxis. The one thing one never fail to notice when arriving in Hong Kong are its taxis. You can take a taxi from the airport to any part of the city. This will normally cost about HKD250 to HKD300 largely depending on the destination. One has to take note though that there are three types of taxis that are color coded for their destinations. The green ones which goes the New Territories, the Blue ones to Lantau Island and the most common red ones that goes to Hong Kong Island and Kowloon.