Hong Kong socially distanced entertainment park opens doors

Hong Kong, November 10

Hong Kong’s first socially distanced out of doors leisure park opened its doorways to the general public on Tuesday in an try by the leisure business to regulate to the coronavirus pandemic.

The park, referred to as The Grounds, has 100 socially distanced enclosed areas spaced 1.5 meters (about 5 toes) aside that seat two to 4 individuals.

Visitors can get pleasure from quite a lot of leisure packages, together with stay performances and an out of doors cinema.

On Tuesday, teams of viewers gathered for an out of doors screening of the film “Jaws”, a 1975 basic about a terrific white shark terrifying a seaside neighborhood.

“It’s been a long hard year locked inside for the majority of it, so it’s nice to be able to sit outside with some friends, have a drink, enjoy the film,” stated Beth Hackney, who was watching the film.

The coronavirus pandemic has been a difficult time for the leisure business, based on Simon Wilson, managing director of The Grounds.

“We had to really rethink and be creative about a solution we can find to address the challenges of COVID-19,” he stated.

“We have to reinvent, reiterate and rejuvenate the events industry with clever concepts that can deliver safe entertainment for consumers to enjoy.”               

The out of doors park, which is scheduled to function for simply two months, has carried out well being measures together with on-line pre-registration, well being declarations, temperature checks, necessary face masks, and hand sanitizers at every entry and exit level.

“The whole consumer market has shrunk due to the pandemic but it doesn’t mean all consumer products are affected,” stated Eugene Law, enterprise growth director of China Galaxy International Securities.

“For example, luxury spending has shrunk but entertainment and especially food and beverage have not.”          

As such, companies needs to be inventive and give you ideas reminiscent of out of doors parks or staycations and construct up a long-term technique, he stated. AP