Hong Kong Ocean Park 2021 Latest News Opening Hours Ticket Reservation

Hong Kong Ocean Park is a comprehensive entertainment and leisure place full of joy, especially for young people and parent-child groups. The amusement infrastructure here is very developed, and every place is full of rich cultural customs. and high-tech layering, suitable for children to play. Let me share with you the latest news about Ocean Park Hong Kong in 2021.

Ocean Park Hong Kong officially opened to the public on February 18, 2021, and once again opened its doors to welcome tourists. This is the first time Ocean Park Hong Kong has opened this year.

Affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, Ocean Park suspended operations three times last year:

The park suspended operations in late January 2020

Reopened on June 13; Only one month after resuming operations

The park closed its doors again on July 14;

On September 18, the park reopened due to the recurrence of the epidemic in Hong Kong

Closed again on December 2.

The epidemic situation in Hong Kong has eased recently, and the park has reopened in accordance with the latest guidelines of the SAR government on epidemic prevention and control.

At about 9 a.m. on February 18, 2021, many Hong Kong citizens had scanned the "Travel Safe" QR code posted outside Ocean Park to enter the park and waited outside the main entrance of the park. In order to control the number of visitors in the park, Ocean Park requires visitors to make reservations online in advance. Some citizens said that it took nearly half an hour to reserve four tickets on the website last night. "Maybe there are too many people wanting to come to the park."

At around 10:00 on February 18, 2021, Ocean Park officially opened the entrance to the park. The slogan "Welcome back" hanging on the main entrance is very eye-catching. Before entering the major exhibition halls, excited tourists took photos as soon as they entered the park. "It's rare for the park to be reopened. I'm very happy to come back and play again." Ms. Wen, a citizen, said.

In order to prevent and control the epidemic, Ocean Park will limit the number of visitors to the park to half of the previous passenger flow. Alcohol-free disinfectants can be seen everywhere in the park, as well as signs asking visitors to maintain social distance. "The park's online reservations are in good condition, and the admission quotas for some days have been fully booked," said Wu Shougian, Executive Director of Management and Entertainment Programs of Ocean Park.

The SAR government announced in January that it proposed to transform Ocean Park from a traditional theme park into a resort and leisure area with education and conservation functions. Liu Mingwei, chairman of the board of directors of Ocean Park Corporation, said on the 18th that the park has received thousands of cooperation project inquiries from Hong Kong, the mainland and overseas, and is currently negotiating cooperation matters with relevant companies.

In addition, in accordance with the latest epidemic prevention regulations of the SAR government, Hong Kong Disneyland will also reopen on the 19th.

Ocean Park has opened online reservations starting from the 17th. The reservation system will open quotas for the next 14 days at 5:00 pm every day for visitors to make reservations. Wu Shojian revealed that the reservation situation for the coming weekends is satisfactory, and some reservation days are already full.

In addition, the Hong Kong SAR government and Ocean Park have recently announced the revitalization plan of Ocean Park, including changing the charging model to free admission at the foot of the mountain. The recreational facilities on the mountain will be charged one by one, and most of the facilities in the park will be outsourced to private parties. Developer. Ocean Park Chairman Liu Mingwei expressed confidence in Ocean Park’s revitalization plan.

He revealed that he currently receives 1 to 2 inquiries about cooperation every day. It is estimated that there are thousands of inquiries, mainly around outdoor activities, nature and education. Ocean Park has approached various agencies, including local, mainland and foreign agencies. He said that among these inquiries, on the surface, most of them have room for cooperation, and some have been negotiated more than once. However, the specific number and form of cooperation need to wait for the Legislative Council to pass appropriations before they can be implemented.

As for whether he will relaunch experiential activities such as "In-depth Tour", Liu Mingwei said that citizens' leisure activities continued to change during the epidemic, and revealed that the new activities he hopes to launch in the near future have never been done before. Outdoor or green experiences.

Like Ocean Park, Hong Kong Disneyland suspended operations three times last year. This will be the first time it welcomes tourists this year. Disney said it will continue to carefully prevent the epidemic and implement healthy and safe epidemic prevention measures.