“One good thing about the Asia market is its peak times are spread out thoroughly throughout the year,” he said in an exclusive interview with the Post. “This is important not just to the company, but to Hong Kong’s tourism.”
The 6km (3.7 mile) cable car system connects Tung Chung with Ngong Ping on Lantau Island, the site of the Big Buddha, which also has views over the South China Sea, the massive Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, the airport and North Lantau Country Park.
The Hong Kong Tourism Board said the cable car was last year ranked the fifth most popular tourist spot by short-haul travellers and fourth by long-haul ones out of the top 10 favourites.
The attraction had 1.38 million visitors in 2023, 95 per cent of the 2019 level. The record was set in 2018 when visitor numbers hit 1.83 million.
The MTR Corp’s annual reports showed the…