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At Yu Gardens, a popular Shanghai tourist spot, visitors are doing a bit of Chinese New Year shopping and taking in the sights.
Even with face masks, health codes and temperature checks, the atmosphere here is festive, with red lanterns, red door posters red everything.
Huang Yun, who sells New Year’s decorations at an open-air market here, says it’s nowhere near as crowded as in years past.
“In a normal year, you’d really have to push to get through the crowds. I think tourists are down by two-thirds this year.”
Huang Yun, Shanghai vendor
“In a normal year, you’d really have to push to get through the crowds,” she said. “I think tourists are down by two-thirds this year.”