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Tibet closed to tourism and foreign press

tibet 300x170 Tibet closed to tourism and foreign pressjust as happened last year; the region of Tibet has once again closed to foreign tourists. Looking to the celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the PRC on 1 October, the tourist office of the regional government sent built-in tour operators in which it poses a restriction on the entry of foreigners. The directive entered into force on Sunday and will run until October 8; claims that are not organized for foreign travel and therefore do not issue the necessary permits to travel, though they may do those who have obtained before the ban. In these cases is asked to tour operators ‘monitor closely’ the activities of tourists.

The move came following two bloody incidents that occurred in Beijing “have shown weaknesses in the security operation for the anniversary”

Foreign journalists accredited in China, meanwhile, can not travel to Tibet in principle, except in trips organized by the communist authorities.

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