China Offers Journalists Rare Visit to Tibet

NAMTSO, CHINA - JUNE 02: A boy has his photo taken atop a white yak as a Tibetan worker stands by on the shore of the high altitude saltwater Namtso lake during a government organized visit for journalists on June 2, 2021 in Namtso, 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)