Virtual tours keeping 'travel' alive and well
By HE WEI in Shanghai |
China Daily |
Updated: 2021-05-14 10:01
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Tourists visit the Louvre Museum on its reopening day after months of closure due to COVID-19 related lockdowns, in Paris, on July 6, last year. [Photo/Agencies]
Overseas tourist spots get Chinese attention despite COVID restrictions
While the COVID-19 pandemic has severely hampered international travel, would-be Chinese tourists still managed to get a glimpse of France's iconic Louvre Museum via their mobile phones.
The virtual tour last year took nearly 400,000 online audience members to the art museum's famous masterpieces-such as the Venus de Milo, Mona Lisa as well as areas off limits to the general public.