Mid-Autumn Festival: Mainland China Tourists Flock ​to Hong Kong for Lantern Festival

Mainland China started a three-day Mid-Autumn Festival holiday on September 15, and many​ tourists took advantage of the holiday to travel to Hong ​Kong, experiencing the unique Mid-Autumn Festival⁣ atmosphere.

The ⁤Hong Kong Palace Museum was filled with ⁢mainland tour groups, with some tourists bringing⁣ their parents to celebrate the ​Mid-Autumn Festival. The scenery of Hong Kong’s characteristic ⁢attractions ⁣was a major draw, and they‍ planned to spend the next two days exploring other places.

The ​Yuen Long Bridge Market in Hong Kong was a popular destination, with lanterns of various⁣ shapes and sizes attracting many tourists to check in and buy lanterns.⁤ Merchants‌ reported that every year around the Mid-Autumn Festival, many people come to buy lanterns, and this year’s new lantern⁣ styles, such as pumpkin⁣ carriages and ⁢pet dogs, were particularly popular ‍among tourists.

The ​Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival was held in Victoria Park and ‍Tsing Yi Park⁢ in Hong Kong,⁢ featuring a unique lantern display, including a 12-meter-high “clothing” light group in the shape of⁣ Tang suits and cheongsams, a 7.5-meter-high “Art Tree of Life” installation showing about 750⁣ student lanterns, traditional lanterns designed ⁢and made by local senior ⁣craftsmen in Hong Kong and craftsmen⁣ in Zigong, Sichuan, and cute​ panda-shaped lanterns. The festival also included song⁣ and dance performances, demonstrations of traditional handicrafts from ⁢Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, Chinese costume shows, and Mid-Autumn Festival markets.

Mainland tourists were drawn⁢ to the festival, with some saying they had​ known about the lantern festival ‌during the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday and came with their ⁤families to queue up for ⁤photos with the‌ Mid-Autumn lanterns.

Cui Dingbang, director general of the Hong Kong Tourism Promotion ⁣Association, predicted that the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday would attract many mainland tourists to Hong Kong, with the occupancy⁣ rate of Hong Kong hotels reaching 80% to 90%. ⁣He ‍believed that traditional activities ‌such as drone performances ‌and Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance would⁢ be particularly attractive to short-distance tourists in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

With its unique lantern festival and traditional activities, Hong Kong is an ideal destination for mainland tourists during the Mid-Autumn Festival⁢ holiday.