Hong Kong’s Lunar New Year parade next month is expected to attract 100,000 people, with global toy sensation Labubu and the city’s storied wishing tree being featured on floats in the procession.
The Hong Kong Tourism Board, which organises the event, said that eight “distinctive” floats would be displayed at the Kai Tak Sports Park one day after the event – the first time for such an arrangement.
The event will be held in Tsim Sha Tsui on the evening of February 17, the first day of Lunar New Year. The procession will feature 12 floats, 15 local performing groups and 16 acts from outside the city.
“We predict that the turnout for this event this year will be 100,000 people,” a tourism board spokesman said. “We expect that half of those will be tourists.”
Hong Kong Tourism Board chairman Peter Lam Kin-ngok, said on Tuesday that three organisations would be making their debut on parade floats for this year’s event.
“Hong Kong’s McDonald’s, the Lam Tsuen Wishing Tree and locally created trendy intellectual property products will be joining the float parade for the first time,” Lam said.
