AP reports from Rome that for years, the Greek capital seemed to have only a high season for tourism given the Italian capital’s eternal appeal with foreign visitors.
Tourists crowded around the monumental Trevi Fountain from January through December, jostling for a glimpse of the must-see landmark. Travelers who managed to get close enough tossed a coin into the water, an act that, according to local legend, guaranteed a return trip to the city.
If the coin-toss ritual works and the crowds could come back to Rome now, they’d see places they never saw before — or at least not in the same way they saw before. The coronavirus outbreak that has made Italy second to China in confirmed cases has emptied landmarks of tourists — and Romans.
Photographs shot before and after the emergence of infection clusters in northern Italy spooked the public, canceled flights to Italy and brought nationwide restrictions on people’s movements and interactions show once-packed places like the Colosseum and the Roman Forum now devoid of visitors.
Read the full report at thenationalherald.com
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