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China Reopens Tibetan Tourism

Torch relay demonstrated stability, state media says

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(Newser) – China is allowing foreign tourists to enter Tibet for the first time since March protests, sources tell the BBC. The Olympic torch’s smooth reception in Lhasa over the weekend means "Tibet is safe,” a Tibetan tourism director tells state media. "We welcome the domestic and foreign tourists." Tibet remains essentially off-limits, however, to foreign journalists.

Chinese paramilitary officers stand on duty near Norbulingka, the Dalai Lama's former summer palace, the starting point for the Olympic torch relay in Lhasa, June 21, 2008.
Chinese paramilitary officers stand on duty near Norbulingka, the Dalai Lama's former summer palace, the starting point for the Olympic torch relay in Lhasa, June 21, 2008.   (AP Photo)
Torchbearer Gonpo, left, a 75-year-old mountaineering hero, receives the Olympic flame from Qin Yizhi, a local Communist Party official, during the torch relay in Lhasa, Tibet, on June 21, 2008.
Torchbearer Gonpo, left, a 75-year-old mountaineering hero, receives the Olympic flame from Qin Yizhi, a local Communist Party official, during the torch relay in Lhasa, Tibet, on June 21, 2008.   (AP Photo)
The Olympic mark is seen placed at the Square in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region on June 20, 2008.
The Olympic mark is seen placed at the Square in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region on June 20, 2008.   (AP Photo)
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