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Hong Kong tourism plummets amid continued protests
Students wearing mask hold hands to surround St Stephen's Girls' College in Hong Kong today

TENSIONS remained high in Hong Kong today as masked protesters surrounded schools to block students from entering after demanding intervention from Donald Trump amid the weekend’s violence.

It was the second week that universities and schools were targeted, with China previously warning against the intimidation of children and comes as news that tourism to Hong Kong fell by 40 per cent compared with last year.

Last year, Hong Kong was one of the world’s most visited cities, with 30 million tourists.

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