China Offers Journalists Rare Visit to Tibet

LHASA, CHINA - MAY 31: Tibetan Buddhist monks walk by the main temple after classes during a government organized visit to the Buddhist College of the Tibet Autonomous Region on May 31, 2021 in Qushui County, outside Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Travel restrictions for foreign travellers were recently loosened in a bid to boost tourism to Tibet. Chinas government is aiming for 61 million visitors annually by 2025, more than 15 times the number of Tibets inhabitants. Foreign journalists, normally not permitted to travel to the autonomous region, were recently taken on a government-organized visit. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)