Tourists fined for illegal reserve entry
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Three tourists were each fined 5,000 yuan (US$737) for illegally crossing a state nature reserve in southwest China鈥檚 Tibet Autonomous Region, local authorities said yesterday.
According to police with Amdo County in the city of Nagqu, the tourists avoided checkpoints set up by forest police and entered the core zone of Qiangtang National Nature Reserve, China鈥檚 biggest and highest reserve.
On April 30, two of them contacted the police for help as the third went missing. He was found by police on May 5 more than 40 kilometers away.
Police warned tourists that illegally passing through the nature reserve would not only damage the vulnerable plateau environment and wildlife habitat but also pose a risk to their own safety.
They called on tourists and adventure enthusiasts to comply with laws and regulations to protect the pure land on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
Qiangtang National Nature Reserve covers 298,000 square kilometers at an average altitude of 5,000 meters. The area is a wildlife paradise, home to a variety of wildlife species and numerous lakes.
In May 2017, Tibet banned visitors from passing through the state nature reserve as an environmental protection measure.
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