Is it safe to travel to Hong Kong in 2019?

Australia issues travel notice as China warns of worst crisis in territory since 1997

Police fire tear gas at protesters in Hong Kong
(Image credit: ISAAC LAWRENCE/AFP/Getty Images)

Australia has warned tourists travelling to Hong Kong to “exercise a high degree of caution”, as Beijing warns that ongoing anti-government protests represent the worst crisis in the former British colony since it was handed back 22 years ago.

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