Paterson Street

Paterson Street

Which place you will visit every time when you are in Causeway Bay? For me, it must be Paterson Street!

Paterson Street is located in the northern part of Hong Kong Island, is one of the most popular street in Causeway Bay .Starting from the north of Victoria Park Road, KingstonStreet in passing, Great George Street, end at south Yee Wo Street.

In1990s, the southern section of Paterson Streetwas specificly for the bus lane, closed since 2001 to become pedestrian precinct.The middle section of Paterson Streetwas originally for two-way traffic, but in the recent years it already changed to a one-way traffic road and have additional taxi stands.

Shopping

Paterson street is now a popular shopping district for youngers who love fashion. As there had located a lots of brand name shop, such as Max & Co, Amani Exchange, Calvin Klein, Marc by marc jacobs, Agnes b, Y-3…etc.

Dinning

Besides shopping, Paterson street is also a nice place go for dinning. There have different types of restaurant you can choose. If you like western dishes, you can go to the ‘Outback Steakhouse’. If you are a fans of seafood, you can visit the ‘Island Seafood & Oyster Bar’ or ‘Mr. Steak Buffet a la minute’.If you just want to have some light dishes, you can visit the ‘H-Tea-O Tea Garden’, ‘Starbucks’ or ‘Pokka Café’.   

Hope you can find out more when you visit Paterson Streetnext time! :D

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Fa Yuen Street ( Sneaker Street)

Fa Yuen Street ( Sneaker Street)

Where do you buy the sporting goods in Hong Kong ? Fa Yuen Street must be your first choice.

 Fa Yuen Streetis  also known as "Sneaker Street". It gatherd more than forty shoe shops. You can find your needs there. The shops of Sneaker Street started since 1980s, because Hong Kong raise the sportwear upsurge and begun to develop. Now, it is a unique shopping area.

Fa Yuen Street are located in the centre of Mongkok, Kowloon. You can walk from MTR Station around  three minutes. It is convenient to the tourists to shop because the location of Sneaker is easy to go.         

 

All of the shops are located in the both sides of the street.  Most of them  sell sporting goods such as sneakers, sportwears, trendy sportwears and others. All of these sporting goods can be found in the street. Also, some brand such as Nike, Adidas, puma, Converse and others. They also have their own stores in the street. Second, some shops may sold different kinds of  brands's product  in the shop, you may go to check and compare with different shop to see which shop is the cheapest one. Then, you may save the money. However, although there are more than forty sporting goods shops, there are five operators to manage the shops. That mean is operated by the way of chain stores.So the price maybe the same.


                                

Here is the video about the Sneaker Street!!!!
hope you enjoy !

                                                              Written by GIGI HO

Why tourists like shopping in Hong Kong?

Hong Kong is a amazing place that provides many special products for you to choose!
Also, Hong Kong have many shopping malls such as Langham Place in Mong Kok and Time Square in  Hong Kong Island and others.

Why many tourists like shopping in Hong Kong?

Economic
In Hong Kong, Basic items for sale do not draw any duties, sales tax or import tax. Only specific import goods such as alcohol, tobacco, perfumes, cosmetics, cars and petroleum products have associated taxes.

Business
Convenience is a given, when most stores are tightly lined up next to one another in proximity. Tsim Sha Tsui alone offers more than 600 stores for the visitors.

The Quality Tourism Services (QTS) Scheme

It is also the reason why many tourists like  shopping in Hong Kong. The Quality Tourism Services Scheme makes it easy for you to find shops, restaurants, budget visitor accommodation that you can trust.

It establishments must pass stringent annual assessments showing that they meet high standards of product quality and service. They must:

• Provide clearly displayed prices
• Display clear information
• Ensure superb customer service

That why you should come to Hong Kong for travel !