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    Coronavirus: Visitors vanish from Asia's most visited sites

    The outbreak of the coronavirus has withered Chinese tourist arrivals by 90 percent


    Published:  March 11, 2020 10:29 Compiled by Christian Borbon, Digital Content Producer  and  inputs from AFP

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    Tourists walking past a portrait of late communist leader Mao Zedong at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on April 29, 2013. Image Credit: AFP
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    Tiananmen Square on March 7, 2020. Image Credit: AFP
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    Tourists wearing facemasks as they visit the Grand Palace in Bangkok on January 29, 2020. Image Credit: AFP
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    Grand Palace in Bangkok March 2, 2020. Image Credit: AFP
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    Tourists taking pictures at the Peak in Hong Kong on December 26, 2015. Image Credit: AFP
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    A man wearing a facemask as a precautionary measure against the spread of the novel coronavirus at the same location on March 7, 2020. Image Credit: AFP
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    People walking along Sydney Harbour on December 30, 2017. Image Credit: AFP
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    Sydney Harbour on March 8, 2020. Image Credit: AFP
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    Tourists visiting Angkor Wat temple in Siem Reap province on March 16, 2019. Image Credit: AFP
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    Angkor Wat temple in Siem Reap province on March 5, 2020. Image Credit: AFP
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    People visiting the promenade on the Bund along the Huangpu River during the May Day holiday in Shanghai on May 1, 2019. Image Credit: AFP
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    People wearing facemasks along the Bund in Shanghai on March 8, 2020. Image Credit: AFP
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    Pedestrians crossing a street outside the Gyeongbokgung palace in Seoul on May 3, 2017. Image Credit: AFP
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    Pedestrians crossing a street outside the Gyeongbokgung palace in Seoul on on March 6, 2020. Image Credit: AFP
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    Chinese tourists arriving from Nusa Penida in Denpasar on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on January 26, 2020. Image Credit: AFP
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    Nusa Penida in Denpasar on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on March 8, 2020. Image Credit: AFP
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    People visiting Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on April 16, 2019. Image Credit: AFP
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    Sensoji temple in Tokyo on March 9, 2020. Image Credit: AFP
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    Devotees offering prayers at Erawan shrine in Bangkok on July 9, 2019. Image Credit: AFP
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    Erawan shrine in Bangkok on March 6, 2020. Image Credit: AFP
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    Visitors at the Merlion park in Singapore on August 13, 2019. Image Credit: AFP
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    Visitors at the Merlion park in Singapore on March 6, 2020. Image Credit: AFP
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    Tourists standing before a Chinese paramilitary policeman (C) in front of a portrait of late communist leader Mao Zedong at Tiananmen Gate in Beijing on September 20, 2019. Image Credit: AFP
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    Paramilitary police officers wearing facemasks at Tiananmen Gate in Beijing on March 6, 2020. Image Credit: AFP
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    Tourists gathering outside the Jakarta History Museum in the Kota Tua area of Jakarta on August 18, 2018. Image Credit: AFP
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    Jakarta History Museum in the Kota Tua area of Jakarta on March 7, 2020. Image Credit: AFP

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