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Ocean Park is a marine mammal park, oceanarium, animal theme park and amusement park in the Southern District of Hong Kong

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Rare sightings of a whale in city waters were met with excitement. And while the interest in the animal is understandable, it is hard to defend the rush of people trying to get a closer look.

It appears the food truck experiment is at the end of the road, with only one of 12 licence-holders operating regularly. But the tourists will return one day and a more flexible way of operating may lead to better results

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  • Tourism Board executive director Dane Cheng touts fresh incentives such as buy-one, get-one-free flight deals and complimentary tickets to attractions
  • Residents from Xian and Qingdao are now able to travel to city on individual basis under expanded solo traveller scheme

Four horseshoe crabs – two tri-spine and two mangrove – tagged and released to help Ocean Park conservation foundation understand their life cycles.

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Tourism Strategy Committee meeting focuses on larger strategies to help Hong Kong become a popular tourist destination and details won’t come until later, insider says.

The birth of female pup April follows a nearly 20-month effort involving the park’s veterinary and animal husbandry teams, and an unexpectedly long gestation period.

The owner of Asia’s biggest ocean park signed an agreement with Saudi Arabia’s Tourism Development Fund that paves the way for the funding of a new marine themed park that forms part of the kingdom’s drive to boost tourism.

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Ocean Park Conservation Foundation confirms it was 1.67-metre long Indo-Pacific finless porpoise, which is considered ‘vulnerable’, indicating high risk of extinction.

Bryde’s whale had been talk of the town for many whale-watchers who used chartered vessels in July to view it, but animal later found dead.

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Tourism figures from February to this month show 86 per cent of tour trips from mainland China lasted one to two days and 54 per cent cost less than 500 yuan.

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