VIRTUAL experiences and scenery from Hong Kong are being offered to Australians by the Chinese city’s tourism board as group organisers down under prepare for a Christmas wind-down and hope for travel restrictions being eased in 2021.
Hong Kong Tourism Board’s representatives in Australia are promoting a series of videos available on YouTube to help keep the city’s culture, green scenery and food front of mind over the holiday season.
The five short videos with links feature:
Melodies of nature – Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra accompanies viewers on a virtual tour of the city’s hinterlands with its mountains, geoparks, country parks and hiking trails. The video…
Restorative journeys – Gong-bath master Martha Collard, of Red Doors Studio, takes viewers on an audio-visual experience that combines the restorative benefits of a meditative gong-sound experience with the sights and sounds of rural Hong Kong. The video…
Immersive VR green adventure – The first in the series of 360 Hong Kong Moments is a 360-degree virtual-reality film, created for HKTB’s Great Outdoors Hong Kong campaign. Viewers are taken on an immersive journey across the city’s easy-to-access green territory. The video features traditional local dishes rooted in the city’s cultural heritage, skyline vistas from atop stunning mountains and the soothing sounds of a waterfall. 360 tours here
Conservation and sustainability – Hong Kong-based Nat Geo explorers Astrid Alex Andersson and Jonathan Cybulski swap the city laneways and market stalls for meandering bush tracks to show viewers Hong Kong’s natural wonders. Videos here and here…
Cooking and cocktails – Michelin-starred chefs Shane Osborn (Arcane and Cornerstone) and Mak Kwai-pui (Tim Ho Wan) show the city’s East-meets-West culinary history. The video features step-by-step guides on creating the tastes of Hong Kong with the humblest of all ingredients: The egg. There is also a a guide on shaking up simple but special tea cocktail with mixologist Victoria Chow (The Woods). Video here…
