General situation of tourism geography in Hong Kong and Macao

Hong Kong is located at east longitude 1 14 15' and north latitude 22 15'. It is located along the coast of South China, east of the Pearl River Estuary in Guangdong Province, China, and consists of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon Peninsula, inland areas of the New Territories and 262 islands (outlying islands). Hong Kong borders Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province in the north and Wanshan Islands, Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province in the south. Hong Kong faces Macau across the river in the west, with a distance of 6 1 km, Guangzhou 130 km and Shanghai 1200 km in the north. In addition, due to the large population and small land, land reclamation has become one of the important ways to expand urban construction land in Hong Kong, which is one of the reasons why the surface of Hong Kong drops by 3 cm every year. The three major parts of Hong Kong are: Hong Kong Island is about 8 1 square kilometer; Kowloon Peninsula is about 47 square kilometers; The New Territories and 262 outlying islands are about ***976 square kilometers, with a total area of about 1 104 square kilometers, accounting for only over one tenth of the total area of China. The total land and water area is 2755.03 square kilometers, and the water rate is 59.9%. Less than 25% of the land has been developed in Hong Kong, and the area of country parks and nature reserves is as high as 40%.