BEIJING (Reuters) - Tibet will be reopened to foreign tourists from Wednesday, China's official Xinhua news agency said, after the region was shut off to foreign visitors following riots there in March.
Xinhua cited Tanor, an official with the region's tourismadministration, as saying the passing of the Olympic torchrelay through Lhasa over the weekend proved that the region wasstable enough to let foreign tourists back in.
"Tibet is safe. We welcome the domestic and foreigntourists," Xinhua quoted Tanor, who has only one name, assaying in a report on Tuesday.
The Chinese government closed Tibet to tourists followingriots that erupted in Lhasa on March 14 and that spread toTibetan areas in neighbouring provinces.
The region was reopened to domestic tourists on April 23and to tourists from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan on May 1,Xinhua said.
(Reporting by Jason Subler;Editing by Sanjeev Miglani)