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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."
Deserted beaches, boarded-up shops and shuttered hotels -- Thailand's prime tourist hotspot of Phuket is all but empty as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, and with high season approaching there's no sign of a return by holidaymakers.
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.
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.
Sir Mick Jagger rewrote part of 'Living in a Ghost Town' because he felt it was "too dark" for the current climate.
"C'est une grosse surprise et une très belle reconnaissance. Je voulais montrer qu'on peut faire une cuisine différente, qui a du goût, qui a du sens" : à 41 ans, la cheffe Claire Vallée décroche la première étoile Michelin accordée à un restaurant vegan, pour son établissement ONA (Origine Non Animale) à Arès, en Gironde. Une consécration pour ce restaurant qu'elle a monté en 2016 grâce à une campagne de financement participatif, sans prêts bancaires classiques.
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