Eerie footage has emerged showing the normally bustling NSW Blue Mountains region devoid of tourists during one of the busiest times of the year as Covid-19 border closures keep visitors locked-out.
Asian tourists usually flock to the area during the Lunar New Year but tourist sites are virtually empty and tour operators are counting the cost of visitor numbers plummeting by 600,000.
Cableway operator Scenic World, which has the world s steepest railway and glass-floored skyway carriages, would normally be welcoming thousands of visitors who have chosen Australia to ring in the new year - but not this year.
Scenic World s CEO Anthea Hammon (pictured) said the tour operator would normally see thousands of tourists during the Lunar New Year period but Covid-19 border closures have left cableway carriages virtually empty