New Zealand and Australia are one of the few countries in the world to welcome the year 2021. The country, which beat the Covid-19 outbreak for the second time recently, marked the New Year with a stunning firework display.
Visuals of the celebrations on social media showed massive crowds gathered at the waterfront to watch the fireworks display as the country entered 2021, 7.30 hours before India.
#WATCH | #Australia welcomes the New Year with fireworks show; visuals from #Sydney
(Courtesy: Reuters) pic.twitter.com/co6nme79t2
— NewsMobile (@NewsMobileIndia) December 31, 2020
Happy New Year from Auckland New Zealand. My hope for 2021 is that we all work together to bring this pandemic under control around the world. pic.twitter.com/iA7VsP9j4V
— Dr Siouxsie Wiles (@SiouxsieW) December 31, 2020
Also read: #YearEnder2020: Life Lessons Learnt This Pandemic Year
India also has geared up for celebrations amidst the pandemic. North Block and South Block illuminated on the eve of New Year.
#Maharashtra: Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station and BMC building in Mumbai illuminated on #NewYearsEve pic.twitter.com/Ql4K62BxmC
— NewsMobile (@NewsMobileIndia) December 31, 2020
A large number of tourists were seen in Goa ahead of the new year celebrations.
“Tourists started coming here to celebrate and enjoy. Goa is a gift from God as it is filled with natural beauty and people come here to enjoy it. They are enjoying following all the COVID-19 precautions,” Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar told media on Wednesday. “It is good that the tourists are coming in the state as it will help businesses in Goa,” he added.
Artist Manas Kumar Sahoo has created sand art on the occasion of New Year at Golden Beach in Puri. He said, “It took me nearly 7 hours to create this art.”
Odisha: Artist Manas Kumar Sahoo created sand art on the occasion of New Year at Golden Beach in Puri.
“It took me nearly 7 hours to create this art,” he says. pic.twitter.com/xTixZGcYkr
— ANI (@ANI) December 31, 2020
