A record number of tourists converged on Sha Tin for Wednesday’s National Day meeting, with Jockey Club CEO Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges declaring the “initiative we have is going viral”. AdvertisementOf the 32,357 people on track, 13,097 travelled from outside Hong Kong and the overall crowd figure was the biggest on National Day since 2018. There were also a record number of mainland visitors in attendance, with 12,060 crossing the border to soak in the action. “The amazing figure is the tourist figure. Advertisement“It exceeds even Chinese New Year, which is an amazing figure and it’s practically up 150 per cent from last year’s National Day.