Tourism is booming in Tibet as more Chinese travel in-country because of the coronavirus pandemic, posing risks to the region’s fragile environment and historic sites.
Associated Press: Tourism boom pressures Tibet’s historic sites
This photograph taken on June 2, 2021, during a government organised media tour shows the Potala Palace - classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1994 - in the regional capital Lhasa, in China's Tibet Autonomous Region.
