HONG KONG — A tourism company has moved its walking tours online to reach a travel-starved audience unable to explore new places due to coronavirus restrictions. The company, Walk in Hong Kong, runs free online tours in Cantonese focused on local history and culture, with help from government subsidies and private donations. While bookings for its regular in-person tours typically took a week to fill, one recent virtual tour filled 70 spots overnight. Tourism in Hong Kong has been crippled in the past year first by prodemocracy protests, then by the pandemic. ADVERTISEMENTJulianne Chan, 27, joined a recent tour about architecture in Kennedy Town, the neighborhood where she grew up, after having to cancel a trip to London due to COVID-19.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 24, 2020 20:37 UTC