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These tales of contrasts will celebrate the hard-to-believe fact that aboutthree-quartersof Hong Kong’s landmass is actually the countryside, and the hiking trails are easily accessible from any corner of the city.
“We are delighted to be working with a powerful brand like National Geographic, which has a huge number of followers, who enjoy traveling and adventures,” says Anthony Lau, Executive Director of the HKTB. “In this fresh attempt to showcase Hong Kong’s natural beauty through stunning photography and inspiring stories by some of the world’s top photographers, we hope to encourage visitors to discover another side of cosmopolitan Hong Kong during the hiking season till March.”
“As a community of bold explorers with an insatiable curiosity, there’s nothing we like more than showing people new perspectives on the world around them,” says Con Apostolopoulos, Senior Vice President, National Geographic Partners, Asia Pacific & the Middle East. “Partnering with HKTB is a fantastic opportunity to transform the way people think about Hong Kong; showing off its contrasting urban and rural beauty in a new light through the lens of talented photographers and explorers.”
“One Place, Two Perspectives” will be presented by French photographerMatthieu Paley, one of the Nat Geo contributing photographers, who will captureHong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark; National Geographic award-winning photographerTugo Cheng, whose background in architecture gives his work a unique aesthetic, who will take his camera toPlover Cove Country Park; and trail runnerWyan Chow Pui-yan, who placed 17thin the Ultra-Trail World Tour, will lead the Nat Geo team intoTai Mo Shan,the city’s tallest mountain.
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