
Hong Kong’s tourism rebound needs new measures of success
When it comes to tourism, Hong Kong is recovering footfall faster than spending and officials need to realise that the two are not the same. The city’s economy grew by 5.9 per cent year on year in the first three months, its strongest quarterly performance in almost five years, a
How it's being covered
Methodology →Covering this story
Sorted left → rightAlso happening today
All today →World Bee Day
UN-designated on the birthday of Anton Janša, a Slovenian beekeeper. Pollinators are responsible for a third of global food production — bees punch well above their weight.
National Strawberry Day
The garden strawberry is a hybrid first bred in Brittany, France in the 1750s by crossing a Chilean variety with a North American one. The resulting fruit spread across Europe and eventually produced the modern commercial strawberry. The US now grows 1.4 billion pounds per year, 90% of it in California.