The Jumbo Floating Restaurant, a popular tourist attraction that welcomed celebrities and politicians including Tom Cruise and Queen Elizabeth II, capsized in the South China Sea on Sunday after leaving the city for an undisclosed destination.

Iconic Hong Kong Floating Restaurant Passes Into History

A restaurant is at a shelter.

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The floating restaurant encountered poor conditions after passing the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea Saturday and began to tip.

The boat capsized despite attempts to rescue it, the company said.

According to the Associated Press, the company said it was very sad by the accident and that it was difficult to save the ship.

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More than 30,000,000. Jumbo Kingdom has two floating restaurants, the largest of which is the Jumbo Floating Restaurant, which is 260 feet in length.

Key Background

All of the staff at Jumbo Floating Restaurant were laid off during the Pandemic. The vessel, which had served Cantonese food to millions of visitors for over 40 years, never reopened because of months of Covid restrictions that sparked financial troubles. Aberdeen Restaurant Enterprises was looking for a new owner. A towing company took the boat away from the cheaper site after the company announced it would move it there. Aberdeen Restaurant Enterprises is reaching out to the towing company for more information about the incident.

Tangent

Over the years, the floating restaurant has appeared in a number of movies.

The Jumbo Floating Restaurant capsizes.

The floating restaurant in Hong Kong was towed away because it was a victim of the swine flu.