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    Protests, then a pandemic: Can Hong Kong tourism hang on?

    Jul 02, 2020 4 minutes

    Hong Kong travel agent Denny Chan hikes through lush wetlands near the territory’s border with mainland China, snapping photos as he scouts out a possible “green tourism” venue that might attract local residents to his excursions.

    Mr. Chan is exploring new streams – both for sightseeing and income – as he works to keep his 17-year-old enterprise and its five employees afloat. His small, student-oriented travel business, Hong Kong Youth Cultural Exchange International Ltd., has been devastated by the double-whammy of Hong Kong’s protest movement followed by coronavirus restrictions.

    “All my clients from overseas and mainland China stopped coming” after mass protests erupted in June 2019,

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