Virtual tours of China giving a ‘try before you buy’ taste of the country could be what tourism industry needs

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HONG KONG — Mr Cao Wenfei, a freelance tour guide, has spent the past four years leading tour groups, both foreign and domestic, around Shanghai and the surrounding region. In May, with international travel shut down by the Covid-19 pandemic, he did what many tour operators around the world had started doing after finding themselves suddenly idle: he began hosting virtual visits.