{"id":12329,"date":"2016-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-31T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/nieuws\/factsheet-tourism-in-tibet\/"},"modified":"2016-01-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-12-31T23:00:00","slug":"factsheet-tourism-in-tibet","status":"publish","type":"nieuws","link":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/factsheet-tourism-in-tibet\/","title":{"rendered":"Factsheet &#8211; Tourism in Tibet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tourism-in-Tibet-629x890.jpg\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Tourism-in-Tibet-629x890.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"500\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Accelerated economic development under current Chinese  government  policies  and,  in  particular,  the advent of the railroad and resulting increase in tourism, have also heightened concerns for the survival  of  Tibet\u2019s  unique  identity.  Ironically,  as  the  Chinese authorities market Tibet to Chinese as a tourist destination based on the \u201cexotic\u201d landscape, they are tightening control over Tibetan religious expression  and  practice  by  the  Tibetan  people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tourism-in-Tibet.pdf\">Click here to download the full factsheet in PDF.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accelerated economic development under current Chinese  government  policies  and,  in  particular,  the advent of the railroad and resulting increase in tourism, have also heightened concerns for the survival  of  Tibet\u2019s  unique  identity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12330,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categorie":[684],"news_tag":[],"class_list":["post-12329","nieuws","type-nieuws","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categorie-ict-publicationsfact-sheets"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Factsheet - Tourism in Tibet - Campaign for Tibet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/factsheet-tourism-in-tibet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Factsheet - Tourism in Tibet - Campaign for Tibet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Accelerated economic development under current Chinese government policies and, in particular, the advent of the railroad and resulting increase in tourism, have also heightened concerns for the survival of Tibet\u2019s unique identity.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/factsheet-tourism-in-tibet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Campaign for Tibet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/internationalcampaignfortibetnederland\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Tourism-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"401\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@savetibetorg\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/en\\\/news\\\/factsheet-tourism-in-tibet\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/en\\\/news\\\/factsheet-tourism-in-tibet\\\/\",\"name\":\"Factsheet - Tourism in Tibet - Campaign for Tibet\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/en\\\/news\\\/factsheet-tourism-in-tibet\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/en\\\/news\\\/factsheet-tourism-in-tibet\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/Tourism-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-12-31T23:00:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/en\\\/news\\\/factsheet-tourism-in-tibet\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/en\\\/news\\\/factsheet-tourism-in-tibet\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/en\\\/news\\\/factsheet-tourism-in-tibet\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/Tourism-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/Tourism-1.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":401},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/en\\\/news\\\/factsheet-tourism-in-tibet\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Factsheet &#8211; 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