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Mid-Autumn Festival | The Lantern Festival in Tai O Water Town helps restaurants increase business by 30%

2021-09-19T11:11:17.844Z


Yesterday (18th) a large number of people poured into Tai O to admire the lanterns. Police officers were required to be present at the scene to maintain order. A large number of Tai O residents pointed out that their lives were greatly disturbed. Some restaurants said that the Lantern Festival in the water village will help increase the flow of people, and the business volume has increased recently.


Yesterday (18th) a large number of people poured into Tai O to admire the lanterns. Police officers were required to be present at the scene to maintain order. A large number of Tai O residents pointed out that their lives were greatly disturbed.

Some restaurants said that the Lantern Festival in the water town can help increase the flow of people. Recently, the business volume has increased by 30%, but it does make life inconvenient for some residents. They believe that the number of activity days should be reduced. Some merchants also said that they plan to apply for a snack license and sell snacks to increase their business. Forehead.


Affected by the congestion situation yesterday, the organizers of the event decided to "turn off the lights" on the Mid-Autumn Festival and the day following the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Some tourists expressed regret, but believed that residents should be respected, and they would leave before going into the dark today.


▼9.19 Da'ao Water Village Lantern Festival ▼


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According to the latest decision of the event organizer, the "Tai O Water Town Lantern Festival" originally scheduled for September 11-30 will not be held on the Mid-Autumn Festival (21st), the day following the Mid-Autumn Festival (22nd), September 27th and 28th. Light on the day.

A person in charge of the ice room said that in recent days, regardless of whether it is a holiday or not, the same number of people have "exploded", and the business volume has increased by about 30%. Of course, from the perspective of merchants, the more tourists, the better.

However, he also said that due to the excessive number of tourists, the residents have gradually accumulated grievances, and may wait for 5 or 6 buses to board the bus after work.

He believes that the number of active days can be shortened to 3 to 4 days, and a few days of liveliness are acceptable. He said with a smile that it is difficult to accommodate more people at the current level of explosion. He does not think that shortening the number of days will increase the number of people in Tai O. .

Zhenzhen, who runs food stalls and sells beverages and other groceries, said that she had never seen as many people as yesterday, queuing through Dayong Bridge, once outside the store.

However, she is not too troubled. She thinks that "a lot of people are happy, the place is small, and it is impossible to survive without tourists." If you only rely on neighbourhood consumption, it will be difficult to make a living.

She said that she did not expect so many people this year and was considering applying for a snack license to sell snacks to increase their income.

Tourist Miss Huang went to Tai O with friends at about 1 o’clock this afternoon. She said that Hong Kong people cannot travel abroad due to the epidemic. She thinks that there are too many people to be forgiven. However, the overcrowded situation at Tai Chung Bridge last night is indeed quite dangerous. I hope visitors You can keep order.

She also believed that although the lanterns in the daytime were very beautiful and the crowds were not too high, they were quite comfortable, so they should leave before the lights were turned on to avoid the crowds.

Regarding the organizer's decision to turn off the lights during the Mid-Autumn Festival, she thinks that although it is a pity, the residents must be respected.

Another tourist, Miss Fang, went to Tai O to "check in" with the lanterns. She said that she heard residents criticizing too many tourists in the restaurant, and even cursed: "The bridge is not there!" She also said that she would leave before the lights were turned on. , "I can't walk to a big wok 㗎".

She believes that the government should give priority to residents to travel by car to reduce the impact.

▼On the first Sunday of 9.12 Tai O Water Town Lantern Festival▼


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The Mid-Autumn Festival of Tai O Lantern Festival does not turn on the lights. Today, the citizens of the water village feel that they understand: no one thinks that there will be people making noise on the Mid-Autumn Festival. Spontaneously difficult to control the flow of residents: the bridge is forced to walk and the Lantern Festival attracts tourists to explode the Tai O police crowd control the public: a rare occurrence in a century | The Tai O Lantern Festival lights up until the end of the month on Sunday

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Source: hk1

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