Searches on a leading travel booking site surged nearly three times on the back of news that Hong Kong will lift a coronavirus -related flight ban on nine countries next month, according to the online service provider. Expedia said that in the 48 hours since the city on Monday revealed it would scrap the flight ban , searches on its Hong Kong website jumped 285 per cent, compared with the average data of the preceding seven days.

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