Tibet's tourism under pressure

August 07, 2007

Tibet deals with a deluge of tourists more than a year after a railway links the region with the rest of China. Record numbers of tourists have been pouring into Tibet since China's President Hu Jintao launched a new rail service from Xining, capital of northwestern Qinghai province, to Tibet's capital, Lhasa, last year. But the rising numbers of tourists has put a strain on the capital's most popular attractions leaving some visitors queuing for days to buy tickets.