According to sources of a Tibetan news agency, Tibetan people are barred from entering holy sites in Lhasa but Chinese tourists can visit them. With one of the worst rankings over human rights situation in Tibet, local people are being forced discriminated in their own land during such a time of global health crisis spreading across the world.
Chinese tourists are pouring into Tibet’s regional capital Lhasa in large numbers, crowding religious sites barred to many Tibetans as the city opens to outside visitors after the easing of Coronavirus prevention restrictions, sources in Lhasa say according to Radio Free Asia. Following three months lock down of Tibet due to Coronavirus, Tibet opened up. The Potala palace has seen a surge in number of visitors from China, i.e., there are more than 4000 visitors daily!
Chinese tourists are freely allowed to visit the Tsuklhakhang, the site of Lhasa’s famous Jokhang Temple, while Tibetan visitors are thoroughly screened and government workers, retirees, and school students are completely banned from entering, the source added according to the report.
The discrimination is clear according to the sources as Tibetans from outside Lhasa can not arrive into the city as freely as the Chinese. Besides, Tibetans are worried about the degrading value of holy sites with Chinese tourists littering and smoking in those sites without any respect. Surprisingly, when Tibetans confront them, the Chinese police side with the Chinese tourists and blame the Tibetans for causing racial disharmony and faces trouble.
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