Tibetan authorities sink plans for tourist cruises
Source: Xinhua |
June 19, 2012, Tuesday
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AUTHORITIES in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region have quashed plans to run lake cruises on the region's famous Yamdrok Lake amid fears over potential damage to the plateau ecology.
A local tourism company's plan to offer boat tours on the lake had not received the necessary authorization, the government in Shannan prefecture near Lhasa confirmed yesterday.
The Shannan government has told Nanggarze County, home to the lake, to halt the project and promised to penalize the organizations and individuals responsible for the project.
Reports of the cruise plans, which appeared in a Lhasa-based newspaper on Friday, sparked widespread concern.
The cruises had been due to begin at the end of this month.
Tibetan Buddhists said the tours showed a lack of respect for the faithful who worshipped at the sacred lake while others believed the boats and the increasing numbers of tourists would taint the lake water and put the plateau environment at risk.
A local tourism company's plan to offer boat tours on the lake had not received the necessary authorization, the government in Shannan prefecture near Lhasa confirmed yesterday.
The Shannan government has told Nanggarze County, home to the lake, to halt the project and promised to penalize the organizations and individuals responsible for the project.
Reports of the cruise plans, which appeared in a Lhasa-based newspaper on Friday, sparked widespread concern.
The cruises had been due to begin at the end of this month.
Tibetan Buddhists said the tours showed a lack of respect for the faithful who worshipped at the sacred lake while others believed the boats and the increasing numbers of tourists would taint the lake water and put the plateau environment at risk.
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