Tour Groups Plan To Avoid TST During Planned March

The Tourism Association says some travel agencies will keep tour groups away from the Tsim Sha Tsui area on Sunday afternoon, when anti-extradition protesters will march to the West Kowloon express rail station.

Protest groups say they plan to march to the station from Salisbury Garden on the Tsim Sha Tsui harbourfront, passing along Kowloon Park Drive, Canton Road, and then into Austin Road.

They say they want to explain their opposition to plans to amend the extradition bill to visitors from the mainland.

But the Tourism Association's executive director, Timothy Chui, says visitors will struggle to understand Hong Kong's social problems and urged protesters not to disturb tour groups or the West Kowloon station.

Organisers say their protest will be peaceful and rational, and they have no plans to enter the station or hang banners there.

Meanwhile, police sources say more than 1,000 officers will be on standby for Sunday's protest.