The organisers of Hong Kong’s annual bun festival on Cheung Chau are expecting about 60,000 visitors for Wednesday’s event, hoping to beat last year’s figure with help of the city’s recent promotion efforts targeting mainland Chinese tourists.
But a local bun maker has said he is less optimistic since the festival, which takes place on Buddha’s Birthday, will not fall on a Friday unlike the year before, meaning most people will need to work the next day.
Hong Kong Cheung Chau Bun Festival Committee chairman Yung Chi-ming, however, remained upbeat and said he believed attendance for this year’s event would surpass the 40,000 visitors recorded last year.
“I believe there will be more visitors this year, hopefully about 60,000,” he said. “There has been much more promotion this year, including a drone show by the Tourism Board featuring bun towers over the past weekend, which could draw crowds.”
Fanny Yeung Shuk-fan, executive director of the Travel Industry Council of…
