The number of visitors to Hong Kong’s cable car attraction Ngong Ping 360 more than tripled in 2023 over the pre-pandemic levels, with the largest share of tourists coming from Southeast Asia.
Managing director Andy Lau Wai-ming said on Tuesday the attraction served 1.38 million guests in 2023 – a 255 per cent increase over 2022, and a 95 per cent recovery compared with pre-pandemic levels.
“We spent quite a bit of effort doing promotion work on social media, so we have seen good performance from the mainland,” he said.
Lau also said the “Crystal+” cabins introduced in December 2022, with fully transparent tempered glass bottoms and four walls, had a utilisation rate of 80 per cent during the summer holiday period. Throughout the Lunar New Year holiday, the utilisation rate was “over 100 per cent”.
“What we mean by that is, people had…
