Hong Kong Chinese New Year Celebrations
Cathay Pacific International Chinese New Year Night Parade
The 2017 Chinese New Year Night Parade was one of the events held to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). The Parade, with the theme “Best Fortune. World Party”, was the largest ever, with 10 floats and 55 teams from 11 countries and regions taking part, bringing a total number of performers up to 3,000 people. The HKTB arranged 350 youngsters from 15 local schools to act as “Lucky Buddies”, handing out 13,000 festive gift packs to spectators along the parade route, spreading joy and good fortune to the audience.
To enable people from around the world to feel the festive culture and vibrancy of Hong Kong’s Chinese New Year celebrations, we broadcast the event live via satellite to TV channels and news agencies worldwide, and broadcast the celebrations live on international cruise ships.
The International Chinese New Year Night Parade attracted 155,000 spectators, more than half of them were visitors