Visitors vanish from Asia's most visited sites

Asia's most Instagrammable sites – temples, promenades, shopping streets, museums and mausoleums – are empty. FMTNews Asia

Sumo wrestlers fight in an empty stadium while Japan’s temples, shopping streets are similarly without visitors.

The usual crowds have evaporated from Sensoji temple in Tokyo to Shanghai’s Bund; abandoning the viewpoint at The Peak in Hong Kong and alleviating the pedestrian crush along Sydney Harbour. Chinese-speaking Cambodian guide Hor Sophea has not taken any tours since late January. Several weeks on, money is getting tight.

“Then South Koreans stopped coming too. The tuna shop next to us decided to close temporarily to avoid running costs,” he added.

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