ICC's observation deck to open in April, with adult tickets at HK$125

The highest indoor 360-degree observation deck in Hong Kong will open in April on the 100th floor of the International Commerce Centre, the fourth-tallest building in the world.

The sky100 above Kowloon MTR station was expected to become a new tourist hot spot, attracting 3,000 to 5,000 visitors a day, general manager Elaine Tsui said.

Online ticket bookings will open in March, at HK$125 for adults and HK$90 for children and the elderly. A family package for two adults and a child will cost HK$305. Visitors can buy same-day tickets from the ticket centre but the price will be slightly higher.

The charge for the 393-metre-high sky100 is between those for the observation decks at the 390-metre Taipei 101 (HK$103) and the 474-metre Shanghai World Financial Centre (HK$175).

'In the past, visitors have usually viewed Hong Kong's cityscape from The Peak. Now they can also view Victoria Harbour from Kowloon,' Travel Industry Council chairman Michael Wu Siu-ieng said.

The council's executive director, Joseph Tung Yao-chung, said: 'The price is acceptable as it includes several other attractions. Though it is a bit more expensive than Taipei 101, it is cheap compared with similar observation decks in other countries.'