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Elizabeth Ciano
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![See Striking Photos of the Tourism Industry During COVID-19](http://townsquare.media/site/341/files/2020/11/432.jpg?w=980&q=75)
See Striking Photos of the Tourism Industry During COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has altered life around the globe, and nowhere is the change as obvious as the emptied-out beaches, museums, and historical sites where tourists throng and local economies make their money.
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IN PHOTOS: American Life in 2020
It would be disingenuous to say 2020 started out like any other year.