Tibet Closes to Travelers For 10 Days in October

[misskit]

Chinese authorities have issued orders banning travel to Tibet from outside the politically sensitive region from Oct. 18 to 28 while top-level government meetings are held in Beijing and Lhasa, sources say.


The ban was announced by telephone about ten days ago, a Tibetan employee in a travel agency in Xining, capital of northwestern China's Qinghai province, told RFA’s Tibetan Service this week.


“During this period, it is not just foreigners but also Tibetans living in the Amdo region of Qinghai who are not allowed to travel in the Tibet Autonomous Region,” the employee said, speaking on condition of anonymity.


Because October is a popular month for tourists, the travel ban will deal a severe blow to the economy of the TAR, he said.


The ban will remain in place for the duration of the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s 19th National Congress held in Beijing next month, Agence France Presse said in a Sept. 21 report.


“During the sensitive, high-level talks, Tibet will close its borders to foreigners, while visitors traveling the country during that period will likewise be required to leave by Oct. 17,” AFP said in its report.


Though not officially announced by the Tibet Tourism Bureau, notice of the travel ban was sent to “several local travel agencies” earlier this month, AFP said.


Also speaking to RFA, a source who recently traveled in Tibet confirmed the region will be closed to outside visitors from Oct. 18 to 28, adding that high-level government meetings are also scheduled to be held in Tibet’s regional capital Lhasa during the period of the ban.




Travel blocked also in March


China now also blocks travel to Lhasa by foreign visitors and Tibetans living in western Chinese provinces each March, a month of politically sensitive anniversaries.


On March 10, 1959, Tibetans in Lhasa rose up in protest of Beijing’s tightening political and military control of the formerly self-governing Tibetan region, sparking a rebellion in which thousands were killed.


And in March 2008, a riot in Lhasa followed the suppression by Chinese police of four days of peaceful Tibetan protests and led to the destruction of Han Chinese shops in the city and deadly attacks on Han Chinese residents.


The riot then sparked a wave of mostly peaceful protests against Chinese rule that spread across Tibet and into Tibetan-populated regions of western Chinese provinces.


Hundreds of Tibetans were detained, beaten, or shot as Chinese security forces quelled the protests, sources said in earlier reports.


Tibet Closes to Travelers For 10 Days in October

[Wilsonandson]

Summary: Tibet closed temporarily in October 2017
Tibet will be closed to all foreign travelers from 18—28 October 2017. All foreign travelers must leave Tibet by 17 October and cannot enter again until 29 October.
Tibet will be closed due to high level government meetings that will take place in Lhasa.
Travel agencies in Tibet are not to blame for this closure and had no advance notice until yesterday (12 September).
If you are planning to go to Tibet during the 11 day closure, your travel agency should give you options to choose from including modifying your travel route to exit Tibet before the closure begins, postponing your journey until after the government meetings are over or refunding you the cost of your journey.

Tibet Closed October 2017

[Latindancer]

What a mockery. Isn't it called The Tibet Autonomous Region ?

Definition of autonomous

1 a : having the right or power of self-government

• an autonomous territory

b : undertaken or carried on without outside control :self-contained

• an autonomous school system

Cambridge Dictionary :

independent and having the power to make your own decisions .
An autonomous organization, country, or region is independent and has the freedom to govern itself:

[wasabi]

So what would tourists see that the Chinese don't want them to see.

[harrybarracuda]

So what would tourists see that the Chinese don't want them to see.

Exactly. And once they've closed it, who says they have to open it again?

[cdnski12]

Chinese Communist Party Double speak. The Novel 1984 has come true in China. The CCP freaks out over loosing control of the lucrative Party Representatives in the Congress. It's a ticket to prosperity c/w huge options for ripping money out of government programs. A lot of the Real Estate Money in Vancouver is stolen money from China. Guys are showing up at the local Rimrock Casino to exchange $500,000 into Casino chips; which are later converted back to Cdn Cash. A huge money laundering program. The Casino is of course owned by Chinese Communists.

[HuangLao]

The traditional boogieman triumphs once again.

Suckers.

[Latindancer]

Er...ok.....then who is the real culprit, or boogeyman ???

[harrybarracuda]

Er...ok.....then who is the real culprit, or boogeyman ???

Don't worry, as usual Jeff is spouting bollocks.

It's just the Chinkies stamping their foot on Tibet's neck again as usual.

[wasabi]

With today's technology there's sure to be a few Tibet dissidents with hidden cameras filming the goings on.

[harrybarracuda]

With today's technology there's sure to be a few Tibet dissidents with hidden cameras filming the goings on.

But will they have the interwebs to send them out?

[Cujo]

But will they have the interwebs to send them out?

Exactly why YouTube and Facebook are banned here.

[harrybarracuda]

Exactly why YouTube and Facebook are banned here.

And maybe why they've blocked Whatsapp again....

https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/25/1...-no-more-texts

[wasabi]

What about the dissidents useing a satellite phone to connect with the outside.

[uncle junior]

Whattabout VPNs?

[harrybarracuda]

Whattabout VPNs?

Bluecoat.