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Tourist sites in Asia hit by coronavirus fears – before and after

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The number of international tourist arrivals is expected to drop sharply this year, the World Tourism Organization has said, reversing a previous forecast of a substantial increase. The UN body says arrivals are now projected to fall by 1-3% in 2020, instead of the previous forecast of 3-4% growth, with losses of $30bn-50bn (£23bn-£38bn) in international tourism receipts anticipated

Tourist hubs in Asia before and after the spread of Covid-19.

Tourists visit Angkor Wat temple in Siem Reap province

  • Angkor Wat temple in Siem Reap province in Cambodia. Photograph by Tang Chhin Sothy/AFP/Getty Images

Tourists arriving from Nusa Penida in Denpasar on Indonesia's resort island of Bali

  • Denpasar on the Indonesian resort island of Bali. Photograph by Sonny Tumbelaka/AFP/Getty Images

Visitors at the Merlion park in Singapore

  • Merlion Park in Singapore. Photographs by Roslan Rahman and Catherine Lai/AFP/Getty Images

Devotees offering prayers at Erawan shrine in Bangkok

  • Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand. Photographs by Jewel Samad and Mladen Antonov/AFP/Getty Images

Tiananmen Square in Beijing in China

  • Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. Photographs by Mark Ralston and Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images

Tourists and locals enjoying drinks and food on tables set up on the pavement in the old quarter of Hanoi

  • The old quarter of Hanoi in Vietnam. Photographs by Hoang Dinh Nam and Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images

Tourists gathering outside the Jakarta History Museum in the Kota Tua area of Jakarta

  • The Jakarta History Museum in the Kota Tua district of the Indonesian capital. Photographs by Aamir Qureshi and Adek Berry/AFP/Getty Images

Tourists taking pictures at the Peak in Hong Kong

  • Victoria Peak in Hong Kong. Photographs by Dale de la Rey and Vivek Prakash/AFP/Getty Images

People visiting Sensoji temple in Tokyo’s Asakusa district

  • Sensoji temple in the Asakusa district of Tokyo, Japan. Photograph by Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty Images

The Gyeongbokgung palace in Seoul in South Korea

  • Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul, South Korea. Photograph by Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images

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