Herders to hoteliers: China lures millions of tourists to Tibet

Herders to hoteliers: China lures millions of tourists to Tibet

Channel NewsAsia - Asia·2021-06-15 14:01

NYINGTRI, China: In a room warmed by an open wood stove, Baima says her family converted their white-brick house into a hotel as China's Communist leadership ushers tens of millions of tourists to the politically sensitive region of Tibet.

Surrounded by mist-covered mountains, nearly 500km from the capital Lhasa and close to a disputed border with India, most of the houses in her remote village of Tashigang have followed suit and turned into homestays.

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