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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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200311 tourist sites — Many of the now vanished visitors are from China - a country whose travellers have completely reshaped the tourist economies of Asia over the last few years, yet where only around 10 percent of the population hold passports. Image Credit: AFP

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200311 virus 5 — 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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200311 virus 6 — Tiananmen Square on March 7, 2020. Image Credit: AFP

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200311 virus 7 — Tourists wearing facemasks as they visit the Grand Palace in Bangkok on January 29, 2020. Image Credit: AFP

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200311 virus 8 — Grand Palace in Bangkok March 2, 2020. Image Credit: AFP

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200311 virus 9 — Tourists taking pictures at the Peak in Hong Kong on December 26, 2015. Image Credit: AFP

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200311 virus 10 — 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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200311 virus 11 — People walking along Sydney Harbour on December 30, 2017. Image Credit: AFP

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200311 virus 12 — Sydney Harbour on March 8, 2020. Image Credit: AFP

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200311 virus 13 — Tourists visiting Angkor Wat temple in Siem Reap province on March 16, 2019. Image Credit: AFP

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200311 virus 14 — Angkor Wat temple in Siem Reap province on March 5, 2020. Image Credit: AFP

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200311 virus 15 — 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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201311 virus 16 — People wearing facemasks along the Bund in Shanghai on March 8, 2020. Image Credit: AFP

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200311 virus 17 — Pedestrians crossing a street outside the Gyeongbokgung palace in Seoul on May 3, 2017. Image Credit: AFP

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200311 virus 18 — Pedestrians crossing a street outside the Gyeongbokgung palace in Seoul on on March 6, 2020. Image Credit: AFP

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200311 virus 19 — 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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200311 virus 20 — Nusa Penida in Denpasar on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on March 8, 2020. Image Credit: AFP

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200311 virus 21 — People visiting Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on April 16, 2019. Image Credit: AFP

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200311 virus 22 — Sensoji temple in Tokyo on March 9, 2020. Image Credit: AFP

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200311 virus 23 — Devotees offering prayers at Erawan shrine in Bangkok on July 9, 2019. Image Credit: AFP

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200311 virus 24 — Erawan shrine in Bangkok on March 6, 2020. Image Credit: AFP

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200311 virus 25 — Visitors at the Merlion park in Singapore on August 13, 2019. Image Credit: AFP

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200311 virus 26 — Visitors at the Merlion park in Singapore on March 6, 2020. Image Credit: AFP

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200311 virus 27 — 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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200311 virus 28 — Paramilitary police officers wearing facemasks at Tiananmen Gate in Beijing on March 6, 2020. Image Credit: AFP

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200311 virus 29 — 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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200311 virus 30 — Jakarta History Museum in the Kota Tua area of Jakarta on March 7, 2020. Image Credit: AFP

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