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Sewell (Chile), Dec 4 (EFE), (Camera: Jose Caviedes/Alberto Valdes).- Nestled in the heart of the Andes mountain range, at the foot of the world's largest underground copper mine, Sewell is a ghost town that is looking for tourists to preserve its legacy.FOOTAGE OF THE MINING TOWN OF SEWELL, CHILE. SOUNDBITES OF FELIPE RAVINET, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SEWELL FOUNDATION:"Chile's copper mining started here. Chile is a mining country, mostly copper mining, and here, in 1905, William Braden began industrial exploitation of the El Teniente mine."
Varosha, which used to be a tourist hotspot, has been fenced off and abandoned since Turkey invaded northern Cyprus after a Greek-inspired coup in 1974.
Collapsed buildings, unexploded munitions in the streets, shell craters: the self-proclaimed capital of Nagorno-Karabakh is now disfigured and has been turned into a ghost town after days of shelling.
Holidaymakers and tourists flock to the old port in La Rochelle, most but not all wearing masks on the day it becomes compulsory in the town's centre. Authorities in France have tightened rules concerning the wearing of masks in a bid to prevent another Covid-19 outbreak. IMAGES
Only a few months after celebrating one million visitors in a year, the Nabataean ancient city of Petra, Jordan's best known tourist destination, is transformed into a ghost town as it remains closed to visitors after Jordan imposed measures to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.
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