China has to travel for foreign tourists in Tibet, up to 1. April says. The said confirmed by several Chinese travel agencies, the news Agency dpa on Wednesday. The authorities reacted to the upcoming 60. Anniversary of the flight of the Dalai Lama from Tibet.
Before important political Meetings, or year-days in China has been banned in the past, foreign travellers always have access to Tibet. In March 2008 in Lhasa serious violence, after monks of the escape thought. Over 100 Tibetans have lit in the past years to protest against Chinese policy in Tibetan-inhabited areas.
The dpa contacted travel agencies justified the closure with a “government statement”. Others said the Tibetan new year as a reason, however, is already at 5. February was celebrated.
Tibet is located on a between 3600 and 5200 Meter high Plateau and is therefore also called the “roof of the world”. 15. Century, the Buddhist Kingdom, became a monk with the Dalai Lama as the head of the Lhasa as the capital. In 1950 marched in China, with its people’s liberation army in Tibet and made Tibet in 1965, the people’s Republic belonging to the Autonomous Region.
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