Hong Kong traveller Mr Lau is among those turning to high-speed rail trips or flights to mainland China after being deterred from international air travel by rising costs, particularly fuel surcharges, within a month of the United States-Israel attack on Iran.
The 34-year-old, who was travelling to Guangzhou with his wife for a three-day trip on Friday on a high-speed train, said he had done some calculations since airlines’ fuel surcharges rose, noting that a return train trip between the two…