<strong>Paris, France: </strong>This scene, photographed in October 2020, would have been unimaginable in 2019. The Louvre receives few visitors these days due to the pandemic.
Paris, France: This scene, photographed in October 2020, would have been unimaginable in 2019. The Louvre receives few visitors these days due to the pandemic.
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<strong>Dubrovnik, Croatia: </strong>Tourists in Dubrovnik in July 2020. Over the past couple of years, the city became increasingly packed with tourists. Then in March, Croatia closed its borders and the travelers stopped coming. International visitors began to return in the summer but it wasn't to last -- Covid numbers began to rise again and tourism declined once more.
Dubrovnik, Croatia: Tourists in Dubrovnik in July 2020. Over the past couple of years, the city became increasingly packed with tourists. Then in March, Croatia closed its borders and the travelers stopped coming. International visitors began to return in the summer but it wasn't to last -- Covid numbers began to rise again and tourism declined once more.
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<strong>Venice, Italy: </strong>A couple takes a selfie in Venice's normally packed St. Mark's Square on October 3, 2020. When international borders reopened in the summer following months of lockdown, visitor numbers were nowhere near comparable to previous years.
Venice, Italy: A couple takes a selfie in Venice's normally packed St. Mark's Square on October 3, 2020. When international borders reopened in the summer following months of lockdown, visitor numbers were nowhere near comparable to previous years.
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<strong>Bali, Indonesia: </strong>A woman walks along normally packed Kuta Beach on the Indonesian resort island of Bali in August 2020. The island is currently closed to international tourists due to the pandemic.
Bali, Indonesia: A woman walks along normally packed Kuta Beach on the Indonesian resort island of Bali in August 2020. The island is currently closed to international tourists due to the pandemic.
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<strong>Barcelona, Spain: </strong>A Barcelona restaurant sits empty in late July 2020. Following the end of a strict lockdown, Barcelona only had a brief window in which international travelers could easily visit, before Spain found itself on other country's quarantine lists. By September, international tourism was down by 77%.
Barcelona, Spain: A Barcelona restaurant sits empty in late July 2020. Following the end of a strict lockdown, Barcelona only had a brief window in which international travelers could easily visit, before Spain found itself on other country's quarantine lists. By September, international tourism was down by 77%.
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<strong>Machu Picchu, Peru: </strong>Machu Picchu has been largely off limits to visitors since the beginning of the pandemic. The famed site will reopen on November 1, coinciding with international flights recommencing.
Machu Picchu, Peru: Machu Picchu has been largely off limits to visitors since the beginning of the pandemic. The famed site will reopen on November 1, coinciding with international flights recommencing.
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