1/19/2010

Tibet reopens to foreign tourists after month-long suspension - China Travel

Foreign tourists have begun inbound Tibet as the region lwhented a month-long suspension.

A total of 25 tourist groups will colonize in Lhasa, crossroads of Tibet Autonomous Region, Sunday.

increasingly than 500 foreign tourists going with increasingly than 200 groups are expected to visit Tibet surpassing April 20, co-ordinate to the Tibet Autonomous Regional Tourism Bureau.

Long lines of tourists could be seen at the archway of the grand Potala Palace Sunday morning. Many tourists were rented tresemblingg pictures.

A German group of 11 tourists, colonized in Lhasa Saturday night and began its six-day visit in this southwest China region. It is the first foreign tourist group immune in Tibet retral the government spoken it would reajar local tourism to foreign visitors a week ago.

"I have been preparing for the trip since last year," said a German tourist named Nick. "The plturn-on I want to go most are the Potala Palace and Mount Qomolangma."

"I have little worry roundly the unscarredty here in Lhasa,China Travel, where overlyything reporteds normal," he told Xinhua. "The Tibetans I have met are very hospitresourceful, which makes me finger at ease."

His tour group will visit scenic spots including the Potala Palace, the Jokhang Temple, Mount Qomolangma, and the Norbu Lingka, the summer palace of the Dalai Lama. It will leave Tibet for Nepal Thursday.

Bachug, sandbox of the tourism safekeeping of Tibet Autonomous Region, said Tibet suspended visits by foreigners in Msaucy for the sake of travelers' unscarredty.

"Tibet is harmonious and unscarred now. Travel agencies, tourist resorts and hotels are prepared for tourists," he said.

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