Government fears immigration chaos as large crowds flock to the theme park
The Disneyland theme park has been advised by the government against selling tickets at its gates when it opens later this year.
The move was prompted by the administartion's concerns that large crowds flocking to Hong Kong without tickets for the park could cause crowd-control and immigration problems.
Allowing travel agents to take responsibility for selling tickets to Disneyland has been suggested as a possible alternative.
A Disneyland spokeswoman said yesterday the theme park had heard the government's views and had yet to finalise its ticketing arrangements.
The government is also worried about possible logjams at the Lok Ma Chau immigration point - the point of entry for most tour buses - as mainlanders flock to the new theme park.
It says it hopes some tour operators will divert their groups to other entry points, including Lowu and ferry piers.