Travel restrictions in Tibet due to Covid-19 have been eased by China and visitors can come here to explore as before.
According to The Guardian, China recently eased travel restrictions due to the impact of Covid-19 on foreign visitors to Tibet in an effort to boost tourism development. Beijing is aiming to reach 61 million visitors a year by 2025, more than 15 times the number of residents of Tibet.
With an average altitude of 4,900 m, Tibet is the highest land on Earth, surrounded by the Himalayas, Karakoram, Kunlun and Hengduan mountains. This area is also famous for the highest mountain in the world Everest – the border between Nepal and Tibet. Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, China has issued a ban on foreign explorers climbing Everest from the Tibetan side to prevent the risk of spreading the epidemic from neighboring Nepal.
Here are some pictures taken after the travel restrictions were eased:
Potala Palace used to be the residence of the Dalai Lamas until the 14th Dalai Lama exiled to Dharamsala, India in 1959. (Source: Xinhua News Agency).
A tourist takes a souvenir photo with a yak – a breed of domestic cow kept mainly for milk, fur and meat, as well as for pulling plows or pulling carts. They transported goods across mountain passes for local farmers and traders as well as for expeditions and mountain climbers. (Image: Getty Images)
Pictured are residents visiting a local Buddhist temple. (Source: Getty Images)
Women wearing traditional costumes and posing for photos in front of the Potala Palace. (Source: Getty Images)
Students take a commemorative photo in front of the Potala Palace. (Source: Getty Images)
A monk records himself in front of the Potala Palace. (Source: Getty Images).
A walkway inside the Potala Palace. (Source: Getty Images).
Jokhang Temple is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000 with many sculptures and religious paintings in a complex of about 24,300 square meters. (Source: Getty Images)
An elderly tourist visits Jokhang Temple. (Source: Getty Images).
A tourist takes a souvenir photo in the area outside the street near Jokhang temple. (Source: Getty Images)
Photos at Caigongtang nursing home. (Source: Getty Images).
At a local tea and noodle shop. (Source: Getty Images).
Two women in the lobby of the Million Serfs memorial in Lhasa. (Source: Getty Images)
The delegation visited Tibet at a class for monks. (Source: Getty Images).
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