HONG KONG, Nov 20 (Reuters): Hundreds of parked tour buses are gathering dust at a northern Hong Kong container port, having been off the road for 10 months since authorities banned non-resident arrivals into the city due to the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.
The area has turned into a "bus cemetery," said Freddy Yip, president of Hong Kong's Travel Agent Owners Association. He said the former British colony - which was the world’s leading tourist city destination last year - faces a similar fate at the end of November, when the government ends a wide-ranging wage subsidy programme that has helped about 2 million employees in all types of industries.
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