By South China Morning Post | Created at 2025-01-04 11:16:38 | Updated at 2025-01-06 12:01:09
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Hong Kong could open up TV drama sets and Star Ferry boat wheelhouses, among other locations, to visitors to create new hotspots that showcase what the city’s various districts have to offer, the city’s tourism minister has said.
Authorities earlier this week unveiled the much-awaited tourism industry development blueprint, which included government collaborations with organisations to “open up a series of unique venues to visitors”.
In a TV interview that aired on Saturday, Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Rosanna Law Shuk-pui was asked what the government meant by unique venues.
“Some people have suggested that tourists may be interested in visiting locations that we think are just a part of our daily lives such as the wheelhouse or engine room of a Star Ferry. It has truly become a part of Hong Kong’s history that many find fascinating,” she said.
“Another potential spot is the filming of TV programmes and where they are produced in the ‘TV City’. There are other good tourism hotspots in different districts that we are able to explore.”
The minister was likely referring to TVB City, the headquarters of Hong Kong’s biggest and oldest broadcaster, TVB, and home to numerous sets and studios where the company films popular dramas, variety shows and news programmes.
