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Mid-Autumn Festival|Citizens flock to retaliatory consumer snack shops in Tai O to admire lanterns: business increases 10 times

2020-10-03T11:08:59.133Z


Today (3rd) is the third day of the National Day Mid-Autumn Festival holiday. At about 10:30 in the morning, the bus stop at Tung Chung to Tai O was crowded. In just half an hour, more than 200 people boarded to Tai O. Bus. Some citizens said they would like to go to Tai O to "hiking", "watching dolphins" and "watching seafood". During the Mid-Autumn Festival, local residents of Tai O cooperated with shops to hang lanterns on the streets, attracting a large number of citizens to "check in." Some citizens said that she made lanterns with her daughter and was happy to see the lanterns hung up. Some snack shops also stated that the "check-in" lanterns have driven the flow of people in Tai O. In addition, citizens have long been under the haze of the epidemic and engaged in "retaliatory consumption", and their income was 10 times that of normal days.


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Written by: Huang Yingjin

2020-10-03 18:55

Last update date: 2020-10-03 18:55

Today (3rd) is the third day of the National Day Mid-Autumn Festival holiday. At about 10:30 in the morning, the bus stop at Tung Chung to Tai O was crowded. In just half an hour, more than 200 people boarded to Tai O. Bus.

Some citizens said they would like to go to Tai O to "hiking", "watching dolphins" and "watching seafood".

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, local residents of Tai O cooperated with shops to hang lanterns on the streets, attracting a large number of citizens to "check in."

Some citizens said that she made lanterns with her daughter and was happy to see the lanterns hung up.

Some snack shops also stated that the "check-in" lanterns have driven the flow of people in Tai O. In addition, citizens have long been under the haze of the epidemic and engaged in "retaliatory consumption", and their income was 10 times that of normal days.

On October 3, the National Day Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, citizens flocked to Tai O for the long holiday.

(Photo by Huang Yingjin)

In half an hour 200 people board the bus to Tai O

Today is the third day of the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival. The citizens have been in the shadow of the epidemic for a long time, and they have gone out for a long holiday.

At about 10.30 in the morning, the bus stop at Tung Chung to Tai O was crowded. In just half an hour, more than 200 people boarded the bus to Tai O.

Citizen Mr. Ng said that during the epidemic, he rarely went out during the holidays and the epidemic has eased, so he planned to go hiking in Hushan, but the flow of people in Tai O was more than expected. He even said that he saw some citizens not wearing masks and felt "worried." "So I will take preventive measures.

On the other hand, the citizen Miss Lin took the young girl to the "walking streets" of Tai O to let the wind go, "seeing a good day today, I will take the children out to frighten the sun."

He said that he hadn't traveled far since the epidemic for a long time. He believed that the flow of people in Tai O today is not far from what he imagined. "It's not a lot of people," which is acceptable.

At about 10.30 in the morning, the bus stop at Tung Chung to Tai O was already crowded. In just half an hour, more than 200 people boarded the bus to Tai O.

(Photo by Huang Yingjin)

Tai O residents set up "Lantern Street"

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, local residents of Tai O cooperated with shops to hang lanterns on Jiqing Front Street, attracting a large number of citizens to "check in".

Citizen Ms. Zeng came here especially, saying that she had been to Tai O in the future. Today, she came to watch the lights. Later, she will also consider activities such as "watching dolphins" and going to cat cafes.

Ziyue, a child who participated in the making of lanterns, said that some of the lanterns were made and hung by her hands, and she was very happy about it.

Ziyue’s mother said that the lanterns were made by volunteers organized by the non-governmental organizations "Tai O Fei Mao Li" and "Hua Mi Mao". The lanterns are all hand-painted, and they start to light up at 6:30 in the evening.

On October 3, residents of Tai O cooperated with shops to hang lanterns on the street, attracting a large number of citizens to come to "check in."

(Photo by Huang Yingjin)

Snack shop: clear ingredients and close early

Mr. Zheng, the operator of a snack shop located on Jiqing Front Street, said that the flow of people will gradually increase from about 4 pm. He expected to close at 8 pm every night, but yesterday (2nd) at 5 pm, he used all the ingredients , Close the file early.

He pointed out that if there were no lanterns, visitors would leave at about 5 o'clock, and the income was only a few hundred yuan, which was about the same on weekdays. However, under the attraction of Lantern Street, Jiqing Qianjie was still "crowded with people" at 9 p.m. A 10-fold increase to several thousand yuan.

Ms. Duan, a clerk in a tea fruit shop in other streets, also believes that "Lantern Street" can effectively drive business.

She described the business and the pandemic in the last few days as "different." There were no tourists on the streets during the pandemic, only locals from Tai O.

In recent days, the business volume has been higher than that of the same period last year. She believes that people have been living under the haze of the epidemic for a long time. Once the relaxation is relaxed, they will start "retaliatory consumption", and business volume has increased by 10 times.

But she is also worried that the consumption wave is only a flash in the pan, and it will fall back to normal after a few days.

▼Reopening of premises and relaxation measures starting on October 2▼

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