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In Pics | Global Asian tourism sees ups, downs in COVID-19's second year
Across the Asia-Pacific region, international tourist arrivals were down 95% in the first five months of the year, compared to the same period before the pandemic in 2019, according to the U.N. WTO. From the Great Wall to the Kashmir valley, Asia's tourist destinations are looking to domestic visitors to get them through the COVID-19 pandemic's second year.
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A health worker takes a nasal swab sample of an tourist upon arrival at the Mughal Garden on the outskirts of Srinagar on August 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
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A Kashmiri boatman rows his boat carrying tourists at a market in the interior of Dal Lake in Srinagar. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
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An tourist shows his recent flight's boarding passes as proof of COVID-19 test as he waits to enter the Mughal garden on the outskirts of Srinagar. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
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A man sanitizes the interiors of a hotel in Srinagar. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
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A Kashmiri boatman walks near anchored boats at Srinagar. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
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A tour guide leads a group of domestic tourists visiting the Summer Palace in Beijing on August 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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A worker checks the health code of tourists visiting the Summer Palace in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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A ferry transports tourists visiting the Summer Palace in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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Cafe owner Phil Ma talks on his phone as he stands on the roof of his shop in a neighborhood popular with tourists in central Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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A tour guide carries a flag as he walks along a pedestrian street in a neighborhood popular with tourists in central Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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Security officers put up access control barriers along a pedestrian shopping street in a neighborhood popular with tourists in central Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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Visitors wearing face masks look at souvenir shops in a neighborhood popular with tourists in central Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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A woman wearing a face mask sits in a cafe in a neighborhood popular with tourists in central Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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A couple cleans up the table outside the signature stargazing caravan of Park Nature, a glamping site that offers luxury caravans packages in Hong Kong on August 14, 2021, while their granddaughter plays with a cat in Hong Kong. (AP Photo/Matthew Cheng)
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A young couple with their dog spend their time outside an Indiana-style tent at We Camp, a glamping site located in Yuen Long, Hong Kong on August 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Matthew Cheng)
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Bill Lau, the founder of local holiday house and yacht booking platform Holimood, checks out a tent in the car camping zone in Hong Kong. (AP Photo/Matthew Cheng)
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Indiana-style tents are seen during sunset at We Camp, a glamping site located in Yuen Long, Hong Kong. (AP Photo/Katie Tam)
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A motor-tricycle, or Tuk Tuk drives past Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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Flower vendors sit outside Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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A person walks through closed shops in Siam Square, a famous shopping district in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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