The Covid-19 pandemic forced 88 Hong Kong travel agents to close last year, while others downsized or began sharing premises to cut costs and carry on.
“We never imagined business for the whole of 2020 would stop like that. It’s hard to endure,” said Timothy Chui Ting-pong, chief operations officer of Taiwan Good Travel Company, which mostly organized small-scale tours for visitors.
From around April, he will start sharing his 800 sq ft office in Hung Hom with two other businesses and save rent of around HK$4,000 (US$516) each month. He hopes to find a few more partners to split the bill.
“Now we have no business, so it’s useless for me to occupy a big office,” Chui said, adding that his four employees were working for a mask…