Hong Kong has replaced the Easter Bunny with cats, featuring giant installations and murals across the city that delight visitors and residents. This taps into the booming ‘cat economy’, with a massive ginger cat greeting arrivals at Hong Kong International Airport and three inflatable felines at West Kowloon Cultural District.
A gigantic ginger cat, measuring eight metres long, seven metres wide and 3.5 metres tall, greets travellers in the arrival hall at Hong Kong International Airport. Its ears and tail move, drawing scores of selfies from visitors.
At the West Kowloon Cultural District, three inflatable marmalade felines sprawl across a lawn, delighting arts hub visitors.
In Yau Ma Tei, local artist German Li and his students reimagined Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night as a cat-themed mural. At Silvermine Bay Hotel in Mui Wo, a one-floor-tall mural depicts a three-dimensional cat sleeping belly-up. Most installations appeared in the past few days, as reported by the South China Morning Post.
These displays tap into Hong Kong’s booming ‘cat economy’, supplanting the Easter Bunny as the holiday star.