Hong Kong Chinese New Year 2027 Hotels: Where to Stay for the Parade and the Fireworks

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Chinese New Year in Hong Kong is two big evenings and a long holiday weekend, and the dates for 2027 are already fixed. The Government’s list of general holidays gives Lunar New Year’s Day as Saturday 6 February 2027, with the third and fourth days on Monday 8 and Tuesday 9 February. The Leisure and Cultural Services Department said on 7 September that the harbour fireworks will be held on Sunday 7 February, the second day. What is not yet published is the rest of the programme: the start time of the fireworks, the date and time of the Night Parade, and the Metro and road arrangements. We read the official pages on 26 October 2026, and where one still describes last year, we say so and give it as last year’s.

This guide covers what has and has not been announced for 2027, four areas matched to the kind of festival you want, 12 hotels, the Hotel Accommodation Tax and what to book first. For the rest of your trip, where to stay in Hong Kong covers five neighbourhoods and 12 hotels, nine of which also appear here. The hotels are researched picks, chosen for location, what each property publishes and consistent guest feedback, and each was checked as operating in October 2026. No hotel pays to appear here.

The short answer

31 January to 9 February 2027: what is published

The Night Parade

The Tourism Board’s Chinese New Year page says the Night Parade is held on the first day of the holiday, along the streets of Tsim Sha Tsui. It gives no 2027 date, time or route yet, and the page we opened on 26 October carried no tickets or programme. Last year’s parade began at 8pm on the first day, and the Transport Department said roads in the Tsim Sha Tsui area would close in phases from 3.30pm until about 11.45pm. The closures covered the parade route along Canton Road, Haiphong Road and Nathan Road, and Salisbury Road between Chatham Road South and the Star Ferry Pier. Taxi stands, minibus stands and car parks inside the closure were suspended, and some bus routes were diverted or suspended. The first day is Saturday 6 February, so if the parade follows the first-day pattern it falls that evening; that is our inference, not an announcement.

The harbour fireworks

The Leisure and Cultural Services Department’s notice of 7 September 2026, which sought sponsors for the display, says it will be held on 7 February 2027, a Sunday. The notice gives no start time. Last year’s display, coordinated by the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau and sponsored by the Hong Kong Jockey Club, ran at 8pm on the second day, lasted about 23 minutes and used 31,888 shells. The Government named Tsim Sha Tsui, Mid-Levels, Central, Wan Chai, Causeway Bay and Hung Hom among the places it could be seen from, on both sides of the harbour. Last year the time and theme were announced on 11 February, six days beforehand, so 2027’s may arrive in the first days of February.

The Police crowd plan for last year gives the shape of the evening. In Tsim Sha Tsui the first road closures began at 5pm, including Salisbury Road, Canton Road and Nathan Road south of Austin Road, and the Police said they would pedestrianise roads in phases and could close pedestrian subways. If the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, the Clock Tower area or the Avenue of Stars reached capacity, people would be diverted elsewhere. On the Island, closures began in Wan Chai at 3pm on Expo Drive East and widened at 6pm, 7pm and 7.45pm to cover roads including Harbour Road, Fleming Road and parts of Lockhart Road and Jaffe Road.

The fairs, the temples and the race day

• Lunar New Year Fairs. The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department’s page for 2027 says the fairs run for seven days from 31 January to 6 February, to the early morning of Lunar New Year’s Day, with Victoria Park, Causeway Bay among the venues. Its release for the 2026 fairs said the busiest day was Lunar New Year’s Eve, with more than 210,000 visitors at Victoria Park in a day, and that a footfall light on its website showed green, amber or red for each fair. We found no 2027 opening hours. The Tourism Board adds that the flower markets usually last a week and close in the early hours of the first day, that Victoria Park’s is the largest, and that Prince Edward has another.
• Wong Tai Sin first incense. The Tourism Board describes the scramble to offer the first incense stick of the year at Wong Tai Sin Temple as a cherished custom, often with worshippers dressed up. We found no 2027 hours from the temple itself, and its own site did not load for us. Last year the Transport Department listed road closures and diversions near the temple from the evening of Lunar New Year’s Eve.
• Race day at Sha Tin. The Tourism Board lists the Chinese New Year Raceday for 8 February 2027, the third day, at Sha Tin Racecourse. Public enclosure entry is HK$10, visitors to Hong Kong with a valid travel document get in free, and racecourse entrants must be 18 or over. The page gives no first-race time. Racecourse is an MTR station, and MTR’s Year of the Horse page names it, with Wong Tai Sin station, among the stations it decorated.
• Che Kung Temple. The Tourism Board says it is busy on the second or third day, when visitors pray, draw fortune sticks and turn the windmill clockwise.

Trains on the nights

• Lunar New Year’s Eve. For 2027 that is Friday 5 February, by our arithmetic from the first day on the 6th. Last year the Transport Department said MTR lines other than the Airport Express and Disneyland Resort Line would run more often from 3pm. The Island, Tsuen Wan, Kwun Tong, South Island, Tung Chung, Tuen Ma and East Rail lines (Admiralty to Sheung Shui), parts of the Tseung Kwan O Line and seven Light Rail routes would run overnight, and the Airport Express’s hours would be extended. The Central to Mid-Levels Escalator ran until 3am.
• Parade and fireworks nights. Last year MTR services were strengthened on the relevant lines after both, “subject to passenger demand”, but the Government did not announce overnight running for either night. On the fireworks night the Star Ferry and five other ferry operators adjusted or suspended parts of their services from 5.05pm, tram services were strengthened subject to demand, and the Escalator ran until 2am.
• 2027. Neither MTR nor the Transport Department had posted notices for February 2027 when we looked. Last year’s came on 12 February, five days before the holiday.
• Mainland Golden Week. Last year the Government warned of heavy cross-boundary traffic during the mainland’s Chinese New Year Golden Week and asked people to book coaches early. We found no 2027 notice.

What shuts

The Government’s list gives three general holidays, 6, 8 and 9 February, and Sunday 7 February is the second day, so Saturday to Tuesday is four days in a row off for many people. The 9th is a substitute: the Government spokesman said that because the second day falls on a Sunday, the fourth day is designated a general holiday instead. We found no official list of which shops and restaurants close, so check any place you are counting on for a meal before you plan around it.

The rules that decide where you sleep

• Inside the closure, or beside it. Last year the fireworks closed the roads in front of several hotels from 5pm in Tsim Sha Tsui and from 6pm in Wan Chai. A hotel inside a closure is a walk, not a taxi ride, after about 5pm, and a taxi pick-up inside it may be suspended.
• Walk to one show, train to the other. The parade is on the Kowloon side, the Island side has the fair, and the harbour fireworks can be watched from both. If you stay on one side, check that you can walk back after both evenings.
• Ferries stop early on the fireworks night. Last year the Star Ferry and five other operators began suspending parts of their services at 5.05pm. Plan to be on the side you want before then.
• Holiday crowds. Because 6, 8 and 9 February are general holidays, expect the fair, the temples and the racecourse to be busy all day, not only in the evening.
• The tax is on the room. Hong Kong’s Hotel Accommodation Tax is 3% of the room charge, and the service charge is not taxed. See the tax section below.

Tsim Sha Tsui: the parade and the promenade

Tsim Sha Tsui holds both the Night Parade and the Kowloon side of the fireworks, so the area is the most convenient and the most disrupted. The Police named the Cultural Centre, the Clock Tower and the Avenue of Stars among its viewing spots last year. Staying here means the walk to the parade is short, and the cost is that taxis, buses and the roads in front of the hotel can be closed. Our Hong Kong first-timers guide covers the district in detail, and the harbour cruises guide covers the water.

Where to stay in Tsim Sha Tsui

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• Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers, comfortable. At 20 Nathan Road, on Victoria Harbour according to its page, with a rooftop pool, a Sky Lounge, a Michelin-recommended Chinese restaurant, Celestial Court, and club-lounge access in some room categories. Nathan Road was part of last year’s parade route. Choose it for the parade in front of the door. Watch out: its offers page lists no Chinese New Year plan, and Nathan Road was among the roads closed from 5pm on the fireworks night last year. Check rates on Booking.com →
• The Peninsula Hong Kong, splurge. On Salisbury Road, with an indoor pool on the 8th floor and the Michelin-starred Spring Moon. Its Peninsula Time scheme offers arrival from 6am and departure to 10pm at no charge, which helps on a day when the roads are shut. Choose it for the grandest address on the harbour. Watch out: the page lists no Chinese New Year offer, and its complimentary third or fourth night is a general offer at selected Peninsula hotels, so ask whether it applies to your dates. Check rates on Booking.com →
• Rosewood Hong Kong, splurge. At Victoria Dockside, 18 Salisbury Road, with a one-star Michelin Cantonese restaurant, The Legacy House, that its page says overlooks Victoria Harbour. Choose it for a harbourfront bed beside the promenade. Watch out: its homepage promotes Christmas and lists no Lunar New Year offer, and Salisbury Road was closed from 5pm on last year’s fireworks night. Check rates on Booking.com →
• The Salisbury - YMCA of Hong Kong, good value. On Salisbury Road, with 372 rooms, suites and dormitories, a fitness centre and indoor pools. Its page says guests in Harbour View Rooms and Suites can watch A Symphony of Lights, the nightly harbour show. Choose it for the same waterfront at a far lower price, with the YMCA’s work in the community funded by your stay, as the hotel states. Watch out: only the harbour-view rooms see the water, so book that type if you want it. Check rates on Booking.com →

Wan Chai and Causeway Bay: the fair and the Island side

Wan Chai and Causeway Bay hold the fair and the Island-side viewing, and both sit inside last year’s closure maps. The Victoria Park fair is the largest of the fairs, according to the Tourism Board, and Causeway Bay is where the crowd gathers on Lunar New Year’s Eve. Our Hong Kong guide goes through the district’s shops and trams.

Where to stay in Wan Chai and Causeway Bay

• Renaissance Hong Kong Harbour View Hotel, comfortable. At 1 Harbour Road on the Wan Chai harbourfront, with direct access to the Convention and Exhibition Centre, a three-minute walk to Exhibition Centre MTR station by the hotel’s count, and an 11,000-square-metre podium garden on the 11th floor overlooking the harbour. Its page says the Star Ferry to Tsim Sha Tsui is just opposite. Choose it for the Island waterfront on the fireworks night. Watch out: Harbour Road and the roads around the Convention Centre were on last year’s closure list from 6pm, and the ferry suspended parts of its service from 5.05pm. Check rates on Booking.com →
• The Park Lane Hong Kong, Autograph Collection, comfortable. At 310 Gloucester Road in Causeway Bay, with 815 rooms and suites and three restaurants, including the Skye roof bar and grill. Choose it to be in Causeway Bay for the fair. Watch out: parts of Gloucester Road were closed from 4pm in the fair’s first days last year (11 to 15 February), and some booking sites still show the old Pullman name; it is the same hotel. Its offers list no Lunar New Year plan. Check rates on Booking.com →
• Hotel Indigo Hong Kong Island, comfortable. At 246 Queen’s Road East in Wan Chai, five minutes’ walk from Wan Chai MTR station by the hotel’s count, with a glass-bottomed rooftop pool and a rooftop bar. Choose it for a design hotel away from the harbour closures. Watch out: its notice says the pool closes on 1 November 2026 and reopens on 1 May 2027, so there is no swimming in February. Check rates on Booking.com →

Central and Sheung Wan: a calmer Island base

Central and Sheung Wan are neither the parade nor the fair, which is the point if you want sleep, the Mid-Levels Escalator and an easier walk to a ferry. Central was inside last year’s fireworks closure from 6pm around Man Kwong Street and the General Post Office, and the Escalator ran until 2am on the fireworks night and 3am on Lunar New Year’s Eve.

Where to stay in Central and Sheung Wan

• Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong, splurge. At 5 Connaught Road Central, with Man Wah and Clipper Lounge among its dining rooms. Its offers page lists a complimentary third night and up to 10% off for booking in advance on reimagined rooms, neither tied to Chinese New Year. Choose it for a classic address in the middle of Central. Watch out: the offers are general, so ask whether they apply to 5 to 9 February. Check rates on Booking.com →
• 99 Bonham, comfortable. At 99 Bonham Strand in Sheung Wan, a boutique tower with three suites on each floor, an optional pantry in the suites and a workspace in each. Its page offers 25% or more off for bookings made 30 days or more in advance. Choose it for space to spread out over a long weekend. Watch out: that discount is an advance-purchase offer, not a Chinese New Year rate, and by our arithmetic a 5 February arrival needs booking by about 6 January. Check rates on Booking.com →
• iclub Sheung Wan Hotel, good value. At 138 Bonham Strand, with 248 rooms, five minutes’ walk to Sheung Wan MTR station by the hotel’s count, and free coffee and tea round the clock in its lounge. Choose it for a low price on the Island. Watch out: it is a no-frills select-service hotel, and the hotel’s own pages list a second iclub nearby, iclub AMTD Sheung Wan; this one is at 138 Bonham Strand. Check rates on Booking.com →

Jordan, Mong Kok and Wong Tai Sin: temples and the races

North of Tsim Sha Tsui, Nathan Road runs through Jordan and Mong Kok. Both sit north of the roads closed last year for the parade and the fireworks, and Wong Tai Sin Temple and Sha Tin Racecourse are reached on the MTR, which is what the Government urged people to use last year. We have not timed the journey from either hotel to the temple or the course.

Where to stay in Jordan and Mong Kok

• Eaton HK, good value. At 380 Nathan Road in Jordan, with 465 rooms and suites and a heated rooftop pool on the 21st floor next to its fitness centre. Choose it for a lively, well-priced base in Kowloon. Watch out: it is a busy, social hotel, and its amenities page lists no Chinese New Year offer. Check rates on Booking.com →
• Cordis, Hong Kong, comfortable. At 555 Shanghai Street, Mong Kok, with a 20-metre outdoor pool, the Ming Court Cantonese restaurant and a pickleball court on its Terrace Club. Choose it for the markets at the door and a pool to come back to. Watch out: Mong Kok’s crowds start outside the entrance, and the hotel’s homepage lists no Chinese New Year offer. Check rates on Booking.com →

Hong Kong’s hotel accommodation tax

Hong Kong charges a Hotel Accommodation Tax on room charges, administered by the Inland Revenue Department. It was waived from 1 July 2008 and restored at 3% from 1 January 2025. The Government said in September 2025 that it had no plan to adjust the rate, and we found no change for 2026/27.

As our arithmetic, a HK$2,500 room has a HK$250 service charge and HK$75 of tax, so HK$2,825 for the night, about 13% over the room rate. Booking sites differ in whether the first price includes the service charge and the tax, so compare totals. Hotel taxes around the world shows how other cities charge theirs.

Getting in from the airport, and around

• Airport Express. The MTR says the 35.3km journey from the airport to the city takes as little as 24 minutes. An adult single costs HK$120 to Hong Kong station or HK$105 to Kowloon station with an Octopus card, a contactless bank card or a QR code, and HK$130 or HK$115 with a smart ticket.
• Stations to hotels. Hong Kong station serves the Island, Kowloon station is in West Kowloon, and the MTR links both to the districts above. Last year the Airport Express’s hours were extended on Lunar New Year’s Eve, but the Government’s notices did not mention it on the parade or fireworks nights.
• On the nights. Use the MTR, not a taxi, after about 5pm on the parade and fireworks evenings, and check the Transport Department’s HKeMobility app, which it named for live traffic.
• For the water. The Star Ferry crosses between Tsim Sha Tsui and Central and Wan Chai, but it adjusted its service from 5.05pm on last year’s fireworks night.

How to book Hong Kong at Chinese New Year

• Count the 3%. Add the service charge and the tax to the room rate before you compare totals.
• Check the closure map before the hotel. Last year’s Police and Transport Department notices were issued on 10 to 12 February, only days before the holiday, so the 2027 maps may come late. Keep free cancellation until they are out.
• Read the minimum stay. None of the hotels’ own pages that we read list a Chinese New Year minimum stay or package for 2027. The offers we saw, such as Mandarin Oriental’s complimentary third night or 99 Bonham’s advance purchase, are general. Ask each hotel for the terms on your dates.
• Wait for the dates that matter. The parade date and the fireworks time were not published when we looked. Last year the fireworks time came on 11 February.
• Compare totals. Our hotel booking sites compared goes through where to book.

All 12 at a glance

Before you go

• Before you fly, sort out mobile data (the best travel eSIMs) and cover (best travel insurance).
• While you are there, things to do in Hong Kong covers the rest of the city, and where to stay in Hong Kong covers the rest of your trip.

Frequently asked questions

Sources & further reading

• Hong Kong Government: general holidays for 2027
• Hong Kong Tourism Board: Chinese New Year
• Hong Kong Tourism Board: The Ultimate Guide to Chinese New Year in Hong Kong
• Hong Kong Tourism Board: Chinese New Year Raceday, 8 February 2027
• Leisure and Cultural Services Department: sponsors sought for the 2027 Chinese New Year Fireworks Display, 7 September 2026
• Government: Chinese New Year Fireworks Display on 18 February 2026, 11 February 2026
• Transport Department: Night Parade and fireworks traffic arrangements, 12 February 2026
• Police: crowd safety measures for the fireworks, 12 February 2026
• Transport Department: Chinese New Year’s Eve arrangements, 12 February 2026
• Interdepartmental working group on festival arrangements, 13 February 2026
• Food and Environmental Hygiene Department: 2027 Chinese New Year Fairs
• Food and Environmental Hygiene Department: 2026 fairs start on 11 February and fairs concluded, 17 February 2026
• Police: special traffic arrangements for the Victoria Park fair, 10 February 2026
• MTR: Year of the Horse page
• MTR: Airport Express services and tickets and fares
• Inland Revenue Department: Hotel Accommodation Tax and FAQ
• Government: LCQ9, Hotel accommodation tax, 10 September 2025
• Official websites of each hotel named above, checked in October 2026

Dates, rules, prices and hotel terms change, and several 2027 notices were not yet published when we checked; where we describe last year’s arrangements we say so. Every hotel detail here was checked in October 2026; confirm minimum stays, rates and cancellation terms with the hotel before booking. These are researched picks, not reviews. This article contains affiliate links: hotel rates on Booking.com and other booking sites through Stay22, and tours, transfers and eSIMs through our partners; if you book through them we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. No hotel pays to be included.

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