Tourism (constituency)

The Tourism functional constituency (Chinese: 旅遊界功能界別) is a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong first created in 1991.

Tourism 旅遊界
Functional constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Country	Hong Kong
Electorate	192 (2021)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1991
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Yiu Pak-leung (Nonpartisan)

Composition

After the 2021 electoral overhaul, the Tourism functional constituency is composed of the following bodies—

• bodies that are—
  • travel agents holding licences as defined by section 2 of the Travel Agents Ordinance (Cap. 218); and
  • any of the following—
    • corporate members of the Travel Industry Council of Hong Kong entitled to vote at the Board of Directors of the Council;
    • corporate members of Hong Kong Association of China Travel Organisers Limited entitled to vote at the Executive Committee of the company;
    • corporate members of International Chinese Tourist Association Limited entitled to vote at the Executive Committee of the company;
    • corporate members of The Federation of Hong Kong Chinese Travel Agents Limited entitled to vote at the Executive Committee of the company;
    • corporate members of Hong Kong Outbound Tour Operators’ Association Limited entitled to vote at the Executive Committee of the company;
    • corporate members of Hong Kong Association of Travel Agents Limited entitled to vote at the Executive Committee of the company;
    • corporate members of Hongkong Taiwan Tourist Operators Association entitled to vote at the Executive Committee of the Association;
    • corporate members of Hongkong Japanese Tour Operators Association Limited entitled to vote at the Executive Committee of the company;
    • corporate members of Society of IATA Passenger Agents Limited entitled to vote at the Executive Committee of the company; and
• bodies that are corporate members of The Board of Airline Representatives in Hong Kong entitled to vote at the Executive Committee of the Board; and
• bodies that are corporate members of the Federation of Hong Kong Hotel Owners Limited entitled to vote at general meetings of the company.^[2]

Return members

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Howard Young	LDF
	1995		Liberal
Not represented in the PLC (1997–1998)
	1998	Howard Young	Liberal
	2000
	2004
	2008	Paul Tse	Independent
	2012	Yiu Si-wing	Nonpartisan
	2016
	2021	Yiu Pak-leung	Nonpartisan

Electoral results

2020s

2021 Legislative Council election: Tourism

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Yiu Pak-leung	160	92.49
	Independent	Ma Yat-chiu	13	7.51
Majority			147	84.98
Total valid votes			173	100.00
Rejected ballots			0
Turnout			173	90.10
Registered electors			192
	Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan		Swing

2010s

^[3]

2016 Legislative Council election: Tourism

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Yiu Si-wing	625	60.86	+16.38
	Nonpartisan	Freddy Yip Hing-ning	288	28.04	–15.48
	Nonpartisan	Lam Siu-lun	114	11.10
Majority			337	32.82
Total valid votes			1,027	100.00
Rejected ballots			53
Turnout			1,080	80.24	+1.87
Registered electors			1,346
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

^[4]

2012 Legislative Council election: Tourism

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Yiu Si-wing	523	56.48
	Nonpartisan	Freddy Yip Hing-ning	403	43.52	+25.06
Majority			120	12.96
Total valid votes			926	100.00
Rejected ballots			38
Turnout			964	78.37	+6.28
Registered electors			1,230
	Nonpartisan gain from Independent		Swing

2000s

^[5]

2008 Legislative Council election: Tourism

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Paul Tse Wai-chun	324	36.69	−4.06
	Liberal	Tung Yiu-chung	315	35.67
	Independent	Freddy Yip Hing-ning	163	18.46
	Civic	Paulus Johannes Zimmerman	81	9.17
Majority			9	1.02
Total valid votes			883	100.00
Rejected ballots			26
Turnout			909	72.09
Registered electors			1,261
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing

^[6]

2004 Legislative Council election: Tourism

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Howard Young	349	48.20	+3.13
	Nonpartisan	Paul Tse Wai-chun	295	40.75
	Nonpartisan	Freddy Yip Hing-ning	80	11.05
Majority			54	7.45
Total valid votes			724	100.00
Rejected ballots			53
Turnout			741	76.87
Registered electors			964
	Independent hold		Swing

^[7]

2000 Legislative Council election: Tourism

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Howard Young	274	45.07
	Nonpartisan	Tung Yiu-chung	197	32.40
	Nonpartisan	Pak Ka-man	137	22.53
Majority			77	12.67
Total valid votes			608	100.00
Rejected ballots			53
Turnout			613	76.05
Registered electors			806
	Liberal hold		Swing

1990s

^[7]

1998 Legislative Council election: Tourism

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Howard Young	Unopposed
Rejected ballots			838
	Liberal win (new seat)

1995 Legislative Council election: Tourism

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Howard Young	413	70.24	+29.57
	Nonpartisan	Hau Suk-kei	175	29.76
Majority			238	40.48
Total valid votes			588	100.00
Rejected ballots			8
Turnout			596	69.95
Registered electors			852
	Liberal hold		Swing

1991 Legislative Council election: Tourism

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDF	Howard Young	338	40.67
	LDF	Ng Tan	318	38.27
	Independent	Yuen Ka-chai	175	21.06
Majority			20	2.40
Turnout			728	85.95
Registered electors			847
	LDF win (new seat)

References

1. "Voter Registration Statistics : Functional Constituency". Voter Registration.
2. "ap. 542 Legislative Council Ordinance". E-Legislation.
3. "2016 Legislative Council Election". Government of Hong Kong. Retrieved 20 November 2012.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
4. "2012 Legislative Council Election". Government of Hong Kong. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
5. "2008 Legislative Council Election". Government of Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
6. "2004 Legislative Council Election". Government of Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
7. "2000 Legislative Council Election". Government of Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2012.