‘Just earn a little less’: Hong Kong cabbie impresses mainland Chinese tourist short on cash by waiving part of fare
- Short-of-cash mainland traveller impressed by kindness and generosity of Hong Kong taxi driver
- Woman’s experience contrasts sharply with recent reports of tension between locals and mainland tourists returning to city after pandemic
A feel-good story about a Hong Kong taxi driver who took a mainland woman to her desired destination despite the fact that she did not have enough cash to pay the full fare has resonated with other travellers to the city, prompting them to share their pleasant experiences.
The outbreak of positivity follows recent reports about tensions between locals and mainland tourists who are returning after three years of border closures during the Covid pandemic.
Locals have complained that mainland tourists behave rudely, drive up prices and cause traffic jams while some mainlanders say they have been discriminated against for speaking Mandarin.
In May, Hong Kong airline Cathay Pacific fired three cabin crew accused of discriminating against a mainland passenger for not speaking in English.
The taxi-ride woman said in a post on the mainland social media platform Xiaohongshu that she visited Hong Kong to attend a concert by K-pop singer Jung Yong-hwa on July 1.
She hailed a taxi to West Kowloon Station the following day to catch the high-speed train back to mainland China.
