Letter From Hong Kong

Going on a real tour, maybe soon

In the meantime, travel agencies are staying afloat with live streams and virtual tours

Tour guide Olivia Tang of travel company Walk In Hong Kong conducting an in-person tour before Covid-19. PHOTO: WALK IN HONG KONG
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Call it the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, but Ms Olivia Tang now does monologues, and her audience is lapping it up.

Armed with a mobile phone and sometimes, if she's lucky, a colleague who flashes cue cards or helps her out with the live stream, the 37-year-old tour guide beams Hong Kong's attractions to people desperate for some armchair travel.

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