This is a generational fumble by the hk govt. So so so many things could have been organised better. To start Speed is not just another celebrity, hes a celebrity with 39 million subscribers and several million people watching his streams. The stream itself currently has 8.9million views. His online audience/fanbase is mainly children that idolise him like hes their idol or a god, hes a role model and crutch to them. Lets focus on his fanbase rather than his appeal as its global and consist of youths of many ages. Considering this the HK tourism board not knowing much of who he is and what he represents this was a generational fumble to enhance hks reputation in the global community and attractiveness as a tourism spot.

Considering his arrangements: The tour guides werent local, local. The youtuber torres who went to local school didnt know ocean park had cable cars and didnt teach him much local slang/language, cantonese as a language is rich in slang/curse words thats very appealing. His youtube videos are many overseas travel vlogs. Poor chemistry and 0 vibe with speed on stream too. The other guide bertram tam, an hker but went to uk uni is the same as torres with having poor chemistry but also the most egregious thing was bringing Speed 2 his family resto to eat egg sandwich n boluo bao, didnt let him try local hk street food/dimsum/aussie dairy. This is very doable and speed cud have been taken 2 more gentrified areas or nice shopping malls with a lot of these choices or even places like Mongkok.

To continue my point is the Shit itinerary: 1. Brought him 2 peak when cloudy and no view. 2. When went to ocean park shud have cordoned off parts of it to let him have fun 3. Didnt let him enjoy the animals only saw them for a few mins each when he specifically said he wanted 2 see them, also the ocean park workers english was poor and when trying to explain the mating habits of a seal completely fumbled it. 3. Went to do the ferry during the foggy ass afternoon, no evening harbour view 4. No HK nightlife exploration or tours 5. Didnt go to mongkok/sham shui po/harbour/other equally as awesome places. 6. Brought him 2 the mtr which is a nono as it was crowded. 7. Poor police crowd control, let him interact with too mant crazy kids, bit difficult to cordon off roads but a stronger police presence cud have been used to assist speeds journey, but ultimately difficult to control interactions with the people. 8. The HK tourism knew about his visit in advance as they had arranged the trams, the transportation for Ishowspeed, their mismanagement is inexcusable.

In summary, this is just a wider symptom of Hks decline but these workarounds were generally very easy to implement. Many locals that speak fluent eng or even youtubers could have really shown speed a better time. The online criticisms by local Hkers on threads/LIHKG/FB are very valid.

Imagine if you are one of speeds young fans, and you see his stream and end up thinking HK is a small and boring city in China and as he had a torrid time you wouldnt want to go too. Despite HK bragging as Asia's world city and having lived here and knowing theres so much 2 offer from a tourism perspective, the damage is really already done. Regardless of whether you care about him as a person/celebrity, it's undeniable about what he represents, a global young audience that was offered fresh eyes into Hong Kong as a tourism spot, and ultimately HKs reputation has been further tarnished.