Source: CNN 9
Australia`s annual Sydney Lighting Festival (Vivid Sydney), which attracts 2 million people annually, was closed this year after Australia announced that more than 500 people had gathered due to the cancellation of the new crown pneumonia, News Channel 9 reported.
Organizers of the event posted a brief statement on the official website, saying that this year`s event will not be postponed, just scheduled for next year.
"Unfortunately, the Sydney Lighting Festival 2020 will be cancelled due to the cancellation of more than 500 rally activities by the Australian government and Health Department ," the statement said. But the Sydney Lighting Festival will be lit again in 2021! "
The sydney lighting festival, scheduled to begin on may 22nd, is just one of thousands of events cancelled due to new crown pneumonia. Every year the lighting festival brings millions of dollars to the federal government.
Also, Sydney`s famous "Green Hat Festival "(St Patrick's Day Festival), originally scheduled for today in the rocky region, was cancelled on Saturday afternoon after" further "reflections by organizers.
"This was a very difficult decision for volunteer associations, but we believe that it is in the best interest of society to cancel the decision now. "
Source: CNN 9
Sydney`s royal Easter event three weeks later has also been cancelled due to new crown pneumonia.
(Brock Gilmour) The decision to cancel was a "great disappointment" that would cost the Association tens of millions of dollars, said Boogith (CEO) of the Royal South Wales Agricultural Association.
