Hong Kong travel agent hopes to win back mainlanders with 50 per cent discounts on coach trips in Asia using CoachnVan app

A Hong Kong-based travel agent has launched an app to help travellers book coach trips in the city and elsewhere in Asia as a fall in mainland Chinese tourists is hurting the local industry and economy.

Launched earlier this month, CoachnVan claims to offer trips with savings of up to 50 per cent in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Korea and Thailand. It also lets customers personalise their routes.

The brainchild of Hazen Tang, founder of HS Travel International, who has almost 30 years’ industry experience, the app is designed to help people save time and help companies replace lost business, according to the company.

“Inbound tourism [from China] in Hong Kong has had quite a big drop since last year, so the demand for coaches is much less,” Tang said.

“It has created a good environment for us to develop this business as most of the suppliers are more hungry than before.”