Originally Posted By Malin I'm planning a trip to Hong Kong to visit the main tourist sights like Disneyland. I'll be visiting during the 9th-18th of October. And I see the day after the Chung Yeung Festival is a national Holiday. How much will this effect crowd levels at Hong Kong's main tourist destinations. Also are there any other school or Chinese holidays that I need to be aware of before booking these dates?
Originally Posted By Malin I'm planning a trip to Hong Kong to visit the main tourist sights like Disneyland. I'll be visiting during the 9th-18th of October. And I see the day after the Chung Yeung Festival is a national Holiday. How much will this effect crowd levels at Hong Kong's main tourist destinations. Also are there any other school or Chinese holidays that I need to be aware of before booking these dates?
Originally Posted By friarthe Oct 1-7 is the official National Day holiday, and make-up days for school are the PRECEDING weekend. This means the days right after might be clogged by mainlanders popping over the border. Personally, I stay home (in the mainland) during that time because hotel prices get jacked up. My bet is that the 14-18th will be relatively quiet, since kids will all be back in school and dads will be back at work.
Originally Posted By friarthe Here's a calendar listing the official dates for the mainland holidays: <a href="http://www.echinacities.com/china-media/official-chinese-public-holiday-calendar-for-2013.html" target="_blank">http://www.echinacities.com/ch...013.html</a> I don't know if any Hong Kongers haunt this board, but would be delighted to find out if there are some.
