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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.
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Tourists walking past a portrait of late communist leader Mao Zedong at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on April 29, 2013.
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Tiananmen Square on March 7, 2020.
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Tourists wearing facemasks as they visit the Grand Palace in Bangkok on January 29, 2020.
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Grand Palace in Bangkok March 2, 2020.
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Tourists taking pictures at the Peak in Hong Kong on December 26, 2015.
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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.
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People walking along Sydney Harbour on December 30, 2017.
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Sydney Harbour on March 8, 2020.
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Tourists visiting Angkor Wat temple in Siem Reap province on March 16, 2019.
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Angkor Wat temple in Siem Reap province on March 5, 2020.
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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.
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People wearing facemasks along the Bund in Shanghai on March 8, 2020.
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Pedestrians crossing a street outside the Gyeongbokgung palace in Seoul on May 3, 2017.
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Pedestrians crossing a street outside the Gyeongbokgung palace in Seoul on on March 6, 2020.
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Chinese tourists arriving from Nusa Penida in Denpasar on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on January 26, 2020.
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Nusa Penida in Denpasar on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on March 8, 2020.
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People visiting Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on April 16, 2019.
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Sensoji temple in Tokyo on March 9, 2020.
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Devotees offering prayers at Erawan shrine in Bangkok on July 9, 2019.
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Erawan shrine in Bangkok on March 6, 2020.
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Visitors at the Merlion park in Singapore on August 13, 2019.
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Visitors at the Merlion park in Singapore on March 6, 2020.
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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.
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Paramilitary police officers wearing facemasks at Tiananmen Gate in Beijing on March 6, 2020.
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Tourists gathering outside the Jakarta History Museum in the Kota Tua area of Jakarta on August 18, 2018.
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Jakarta History Museum in the Kota Tua area of Jakarta on March 7, 2020.
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