Shock of Covid-19 for travel guide publisher ‘unprecedented’ – 9/11 and financial crisis did not have as big or deep an impact

Since coronavirus has placed worldwide travel in a long-term holding pattern, the industry’s prime movers and shakers – airlines, hotels, tour operators – have been trying to find ways to generate income. Travel guide publishers, too, are faced with a problem – if hardly anybody is taking to the skies, booking a getaway or even going to the beach, who is going to buy a guidebook or travel app, no matter how brilliantly it has been put together? Two Hong Kong publishers have found their own…

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