Taiwan massage parlour struggles as coronavirus cripples tourism

A customer receives a massage in Taipei, Taiwan, June 3, 2020. Picture taken June 3, 2020. REUTERS/Ann Wang

TAIPEI (Reuters) - With Taiwan's borders closed to tourists as part of coronavirus controls, the staff at Taipei's Dynasty massage parlour have little to do all day but pace the floors, the number of clients collapsing from around 600 a day to just one or two.

"Now after we come in, we see the lobby is so empty, and we don't see any customers. The only thing we can do to pass the time is walk around the lobby. What can we do? There are no customers. It makes my head hurt," said employee Huang Mei-hui.