The new geopolitics of travel bubbles

Stakes rise in East Asia as tourist restrictions are eased

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The International Departure Lobby of Narita Airport's Terminal 1 is deserted due to the effects of the new coronavirus on June 10. (Photo by Konosuke Urata)

PETER TASKER

To adapt Oscar Wilde, if there's one thing worse than hordes of tourists everywhere, it's no tourists anywhere. Such were my thoughts as I tramped through the deserted hallways of Tokyo's Narita Airport one recent evening.

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