Hikers urge live updates on free quota spots to fix Po Pin Chau booking confusion
Hikers flocking to a popular geological attraction in Hong Kong’s Sai Kung over the Mid-Autumn Festival weekend have called for real-time displays showing when time slots are available under a trial registration system. The High Island Geo Trail’s Po Pin Chau section continued to draw lines of visitors on Saturday morning – the second day of an extended weekend in mainland China. While hikers who…
Hikers visiting Hong Kong’s Po Pin Chau section of the High Island Geo Trail during the Mid-Autumn Festival weekend have called for real-time updates on available time slots under a new booking system. On Saturday morning, the second day of the extended weekend, the popular attraction remained busy with visitors lining up for pre-booked slots.
Maria Chen, a mainland postgraduate student, had checked for reservations four days prior but found them all booked. She mentioned that staff asked them to wait up to 10 minutes for potential walk-in slots, but expressed frustration over not knowing how long they had to wait. Several time slots opened up shortly after Chen’s departure, prompting staff to ask walk-in visitors to register online.
During the trial system’s first weekend, more than half of online registrants failed to show up. The government plans to review the data after the October National Day holiday. The city’s first real-name reservation system, introduced by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, caps daily entries at 2,000 during designated hours on selected weekends and public holidays.
Visitors must use real names and identity documents to book 120-minute time slots, which can accommodate up to 500 people at a time, via the Klook travel platform.
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