Actually, I like this couple. I didn't have the time to talk to them; I think I should have liked it. Somehow they remind me of Bruce Willis and Mary-Louise Parker in RED 2.
“More
than 95 per cent of tourists to Tibet are Chinese. More than 15 million
tourists visited Tibet Autonomous Region [TAR] in 2014, up more than 20 percent
from 2013, according to the local government.”
Western
tourists can only book guided tours, whereas the Chinese tourists can use their
own car, but they also have to stop at the plethora of control points. Though
some of these points aren’t so expendable as some regions are overcrowded and
drivers would drive too fast – so sometimes the time to arrive at the next
control is fixed (not earlier than).
Tourists
come in a large variety. Some want photography of temples or nature, some want
to enjoy an exotic holiday, some want to dress up – and quite interestingly
some want to pray.
This picture is an oldie from 2009
You could call it harassment -
souvenir seller besiege a car
A group of Han Chinese at praying
according to the Vajrayana
I'd rather call them pilgrims than tourists
Dressing up for the tourist round
At the 5000 km point on the Shanghai-Kathmandu Road
In front of the Qomolungma (Mt. Everest)
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