Hong Kong families are turning away from long-standing summer school favourites in Britain and North America amid soaring airfares, with education consultants reporting a sharp surge in demand for alternatives in Asia.
Applications for British summer schools fell 35% this year as Hong Kong parents balk at soaring airfares, fuelled by the war in Iran, according to Samuel Chan Sze-ming, founder of education consultancy Britannia StudyLink.
The firm acts as an agent for programmes in the United Kingdom, with public listings showing a two-week residential camp costing HK$34,800 (146,000 baht) in fees alone from June to August - around HK$1,960 more than last year.
