Travellers wearing masks queue at the West Kowloon high-speed railway station, in Hong Kong, on January 23. Photo: Winson Wong

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China coronavirus: unchecked flow of Chinese tourists helped to spread the disease

With most Lunar New Year travel having begun in the 15 days before the new year, bans and quarantines might have been too little, too late

Sars spread to 37 countries when Chinese outbound tourism was a mere suggestion of the behemoth it has become

Mercedes Hutton

Published: 8:30am, 29 Jan, 2020

Updated: 9:19am, 31 Jan, 2020

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Travellers wearing masks queue at the West Kowloon high-speed railway station, in Hong Kong, on January 23. Photo: Winson Wong

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Mercedes Hutton is a Hong Kong-based journalist. She joined the Post in 2018, where she writes about culture, the environment and history for Post Magazine, and covers travel and tourism in Asia in a weekly column, Destinations Known.

China coronavirus: unchecked flow of Chinese tourists helped to spread the disease

With most Lunar New Year travel having begun in the 15 days before the new year, bans and quarantines might have been too little, too late Sars spread to 37 countries when Chinese outbound tourism was a mere suggestion of the behemoth it has become

With most Lunar New Year travel having begun in the 15 days before the new year, bans and quarantines might have been too little, too late

Sars spread to 37 countries when Chinese outbound tourism was a mere suggestion of the behemoth it has become