- The coronavirus outbreak has wreaked havoc on the tourism industry in China and beyond.
- Attractions like the Great Wall and Disneyland Shanghai have issued warnings to visitors, canceled events, or even shut down completely.
- These photos show the stark contrast between Asia’s biggest attractions when there is an epidemic raging and when there isn’t.
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The coronavirus outbreak is devastating tourism across Asia, and these images prove it.
The problem is twofold: attractions within China are either shut or heavily restricted, and also Chinese tourists on lockdown are no longer flying abroad.
Neighboring countries like Japan, South Korea, and Thailand are especially badly affected.
These pairs of before and after photos show how individual landmarks have been left looking like ghost towns by an outbreak which has paralyzed large parts of a whole continent.
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