Tibet : on the roof of the world – in pictures
China recently eased Covid travel restrictions for foreign visitors to Tibet in an effort to boost tourism. Beijing is aiming for 61 million visitors a year by 2025, more than 15 times the number of Tibet’s inhabitants. Foreign journalists, normally not permitted to travel to the autonomous region, were also taken on a visit organised by the government
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A boy has his photo taken sitting on a yak on the shore of the high-altitude Namtso saltwater lake.
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Tourists visit the Potala palace, a Unesco world heritage site
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People visit a local Buddhist shrine
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Women pose in traditional dress in front of the Potala palace
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A woman visits the Jokhang temple in Lhasa, a Unesco heritage site
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Buddhist nuns debate in a courtyard
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University graduates prepare to have their photographs taken in front of the Potala palace
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Journalists and officials look at a display at the Ganlu Tibetan Medicine company
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Men play a traditional game at the Caigongtang nursing home in Lhasa
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A woman has her photograph taken near the Jokhang temple
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People at a local tea and noodle shop
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University graduates throw their hats in the air in front of the Potala palace
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A Buddhist monk shows an official around the main temple in Qushui county
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A woman prays at the Jokhang temple
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People visit the Jokhang temple
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A Buddhist monk at the Potala palace
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Workers chat at the Million Serfs memorial hall in Lhasa
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Students at Nagqu high school walk past a poster of the Chinese president, Xi Jinping
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A woman exercises at the Caigongtang nursing home
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A Buddhist monk has his photo taken in front of the Potala palace
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Journalists and officials crowd into a classroom as novice monks take part in a lesson