Visitors vanish from Asia’s most popular sites

Woefully empty: A combo pic showing tourists visiting Angkor Wat temple in Siem Reap province in March last year (top) and this month. — AFP

As dawn breaks, the unmistakable tapered towers of Angkor Wat emerge from the gloom – but for once, there are no tourists jostling on its steps to capture Cambodia’s most famous sunrise.

Asia’s most Instagrammable sites – temples, promenades, shopping streets, museums and mausoleums – are empty, victims of a virus keeping visitors at home.