Rereading the blog from two years ago, and can see that we were surprised then by how few tourists there were here, but this is surely worse. Of course this must be close to an annual low point - far from the coldest time of year in the UK, Russia and Western Europe and not yet Christmas holidays. Few people who are not also going to be away for Christmas want to take a holiday in the preparation period immediately before.
Still, we go for a walk along the waterfront in the evening in what should be the tourist centre and there is almost nobody in sight. The occasional British couple and sometimes a small family, probably immigrant workers. Empty sidewalks.