Singaporean Devi Rajaram is hoping to fulfil her dream of visiting Hong Kong for the first time and be among 12,500 people to score a free airline ticket in a giveaway campaign that launches for residents of the city state on Thursday.
Hong Kong is relaxing its Covid-19 rules for visitors in tour groups, but some major foreign travel agencies say the city’s ongoing restrictions remain off-putting.
A Post check with travel agencies that used to bring in Korean, Filipino, Thai and Singaporean visitors found none rushing to organise group tours, with most preferring to take a wait-and-see approach.
Under Hong Kong’s current “0+3”.
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