Here you can obtain travel tips and find out where to go for travel advice before you leave Hong Kong. You can also learn about precautions to take when you are travelling in  your destination.

The following tips will help you to prepare before you leave Hong Kong and avoid difficulties while abroad.

Before you leave you should:

• Make sure that your travel documents have ample validity.
• Obtain necessary visas for the places you will visit.
• Take suitable travel insurance to cater for unforeseen circumstances
• Leave a contact telephone number, address and itinerary with your family members, relatives and/or friends in Hong Kong.

While travelling, remember to:

• Bring along your travel documents/ identification documents, in case verification of identity is required.
• Keep travel documents, identification documents and cash separate and secure, and beware of pickpockets.
• Take care of your personal safety and situation in destinations, and avoid staying in crowded areas.
• Contact the Chinese diplomatic or consular missions in that state in case of emergency.
• Call the assistance hotline + 852 1868 when in distress outside Hong Kong.

More travel tips, and travel advice, can be obtained from the websites of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Security Bureau of Hong Kong.

• Travel tips from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Chinese only)
  http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/chn/gxh/cgb/cgtbtx/
• Travel advice from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Chinese only)
  http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/chn/gxh/cgb/zcgmzysx/
• Travel advice from HKSAR Government
  http://www.sb.gov.hk/eng/ota

Additional information about travelling overseas is available from the websites of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the office of the Commissioner of China’s Foreign Affairs Ministry in Hong Kong.

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/
• The Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong
  http://www.fmcoprc.gov.hk/