The city of Lhasa, once the heart of Tibetan civilisation and the spiritual seat of the Dalai Lama, has been systematically transformed into a militarised outpost of state control. For over six ...

Visitor numbers to the Tibet region reached 63 million last year, its highest ever. Travel agencies in Hong Kong, meanwhile, said more people from ...

OLD Sumchhung was the first to arrive on the steps of the San Francisco City Hall this month for a rally to commemorate the ...

Tourism Board Pokhara chief, Mani Raj Lamichhane, believes the direct flights will significantly boost Chinese tourist ...

It was the early 1920s, and the young adventurer William Montgomery McGovern had managed to sneak into Lhasa, the "forbidden city" of Tibet. Few, if any, Westerners had ever made the journey. To reach ...