Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman’s Rubber Duck made its Taiwan debut at Greater Kaohsiung’s Glory Pier on Sept. 19. Local tourism industry operators have created three fine gold ornaments in the shape of a rubber duck, one of which is a “gold and diamond duck” with two diamonds inset as the duck’s eyes. The three valuable ducks are worth more than NT$600,000 and they are being offered as prizes in a sweepstake that 100,000 visitors to Greater Kaohsiung are invited to take part in for a chance to win.
Greater Kaohsiung-based tourist operators have joined hands with 427 local restaurants, hotels and travel agencies to issue 100,000 sweepstake tickets that visitors can get by shopping at the participating stores. One can enter the raffle just by filling out personal information. A public raffle will be held at the end of October and the winners will be announced at the official Web sites of the Kaohsiung Tourism Association and the Kaohsiung Association of Travel Agents.
(Liberty Times, Translated by Lin Ya-ti)
Photo: Chang Chung-I, Liberty Times
照片:自由時報記者張忠義
荷蘭藝術家霍夫曼創作的黃色小鴨九月十九日於高雄光榮碼頭首度登台,高雄市觀光業者則推出三隻純金打造黃金小鴨,其中一隻是「黃金鑽石小鴨」,眼睛鑲兩顆鑽石,三隻重量級小鴨價值六十多萬元,要讓遊高雄的十萬名遊客抽獎。
高雄市觀光業者與四百二十七家餐廳、旅館和旅行社合作,發出十萬張摸彩券,遊客只要到合作店家消費,填妥資料就可參加抽獎,十月底擇日公開摸彩,結果公布於高雄市觀光協會及高雄市旅行商業同業公會官方網站。
(自由時報記者黃旭磊)
Photo: Chang Chung-I, Liberty Times
照片:自由時報記者張忠義
Photo: Chang Chung-I, Liberty Times
照片:自由時報記者張忠義
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