It is all quiet in Penang’s tourist hot spots


No rush: Tourists taking photos at the ‘Children on Bicycle’ mural on Armenian Street, George Town.

GEORGE TOWN: For tourists not caught up in the Covid-19 (novel coronavirus) fear, it is a great time to be in Penang.

In Armenian Street, where hordes of tourists used to line up just to get a chance to take photos with the Children on Bicycle mural, they can now take all the time they want to strike the perfect pose.

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