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Where to Stay in Hong Kong by District: Hotels from Tsim Sha Tsui to Causeway Bay
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Where to Stay in Hong Kong by District: Hotels from Tsim Sha Tsui to Causeway Bay

Hong Kong had 333 hotels with 93,456 rooms in July 2026, plus 1,222 licensed guesthouses with 12,604 rooms. The Tourism Board puts the average achieved room rate for January to July 2026 at HK$2,286 for High Tariff A hotels, HK$1,013 for High Tariff B, HK$593 for medium tariff and HK$326 for guesthouses. Tsim Sha Tsui has the most rooms; Yau Ma Tei and Mong Kok are the fullest.

October 12, 2026 · 4 min read
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