Mainland Chinese visitors made up nearly 9 million visitor arrivals to both destinations in the first quarter this year.
But conspicuously fewer are the tour buses they would previously stream in on. Chinese travellers are now opting to go alone instead.
Paul Chan, for instance, takes travellers through quieter neighbourhoods that are not often on tourists' radar. Trips to Cheung Chau, an island long seen as a quiet escape away from Hong Kong, have also become more popular. Travellers have been posting about their adventures to local streets as well as hikes that are off the beaten path on Chinese social media app"Xiao Hong Shu".
Taipa Village across the sea in Macao is a feast for the senses - the smell of pork chop buns, and Portuguese egg tarts, and the buzz of snaking queues weaving into the next.
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