China Starts Winter Tourism Campaign In Occupied Tibet

Despite raging Covid-19 infections, China has announced that the “iconic Potala Palace” in Tibet’s capital Lhasa will reopen for tourism after being closed for more than four months. Several other major religious tourist attractions in and around Lhasa were also reopened.

It came on the heels of the January 1 launch of a new round of a Winter Tour Campaign aimed at attracting more visitors to the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) during the winter season, which raises concerns given that COVID19 threat hasn’t yet subsided.

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