HONG KONG: People hoping to take advantage of a Hong Kong scheme to give away half a million free airline tickets faced hourslong online queues on Wednesday, as the Asian financial hub bids to woo tourists back.

The semiautonomous Chinese metropolis launched last month a campaign to reboot its reputation as "Asia's world city," after years of strict coronavirus pandemic-related travel restrictions and a crackdown on sometimes violent pro-democracy protests.

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