Hong Kong Disneyland sold out all tickets for Monday while the
city has entered the third day of its four-day celebration of the
Chinese Lunar New Year.
The ceiling of 30,000 visitors in a single day was reached on
Monday, said a statement issued by the park after midday.
It's the first time that Hong Kong Disneyland has met its
maximum visitors limit in the Chinese New Year festival, during
which the ticket price has been adjusted higher than usual.
The park has put on special red decorations, started new
programs and dressed its cartoon figures in traditional Chinese
costumes to celebrate the Chinese New Year, the first of the park
since its opening in Hong Kong almost five months ago.
The Chinese New Year celebration activities have been believed
to maintain the park's festival momentum gained through the
Christmas and New Year holidays.
Since its opening in last October, Hong Kong Disneyland has
lived under the shadow of low visitor attendance, reported by local
media.
The first time the park sold out all tickets in a single day was
on a December Monday, when many Hong Kong families got a day free
for a World Trade Organization ministerial meeting held then.
The park then announced the other three days of full attendance
by visitors in the following Christmas and New Year holidays,
giving up its previous public relations policy of being
tight-lipped on visitor numbers.
(Xinhua News Agency January 31, 2006)