Critics Fear Railway May Impact Traditional Lifestyles In Tibet

LHASA, CHINA - AUGUST 30: (CHINA OUT) People surf the net at an internet cafe on August 30, 2006 in Lhasa of Tibet Autonomous Region, China. There has been an increase in Chinese tourists going to Lhasa, using the recently completed Qinghai-Tibet railway bringing an extra 3,000 people a day into Tibet. Critics say that it could threaten the cultural and even the physical landscape of the fragile Tibetan plateau and accelerate Lhasa's changing face as it continues to expand into a modern Chinese city. Expensive hotels and shops have opened in the new section Lhasa while the Tibetan quarter fights to hold onto its cultural image, according to reports. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)
LHASA, CHINA - AUGUST 30: (CHINA OUT) People surf the net at an internet cafe on August 30, 2006 in Lhasa of Tibet Autonomous Region, China. There has been an increase in Chinese tourists going to Lhasa, using the recently completed Qinghai-Tibet railway bringing an extra 3,000 people a day into Tibet. Critics say that it could threaten the cultural and even the physical landscape of the fragile Tibetan plateau and accelerate Lhasa's changing face as it continues to expand into a modern Chinese city. Expensive hotels and shops have opened in the new section Lhasa while the Tibetan quarter fights to hold onto its cultural image, according to reports. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)
Critics Fear Railway May Impact Traditional Lifestyles In Tibet
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