The ICH (Intangible Cultural Heritage) Highlight Tours, which brings the public and tourists to explore ICH items with ICH practitioners sharing their skills and stories, will open for registration on May 15 and 16.

As the highlight programme of the second Hong Kong ICH Month in June, the tours will expand to a total of 40 field trips this year, extending the coverage to eight districts, offering a total of nine different ICH-themed routes.

Each route will have two public tours in Cantonese, accommodating 20 participants per tour.

People interested in joining the tours can register online from 10.30am on May 15 to 6.30pm on May 16. Admission is free. In case of excess applications, all quotas will be allocated by ballot.

Successful applicants will receive a confirmation email by May 26.

Hong Kong ICH Month is presented by the Leisure & Cultural Services Department and organised by its Intangible Cultural Heritage Office (ICHO).

In addition, the ICHO collaborates with the Tourism Board to organise ICH Highlight Tours in Sham Shui Po and Happy Valley for tourists.

Special ICH Highlight Tours in Kowloon City and Sham Shui Po will also be arranged for students.