2009-04-06

Tibet reopens to foreign tourists, China says

CNN) -- Tibet reopened to foreign tourists Sunday after a month-long suspension, the state-run Chinese Xinhua news agency reported.

新華網通訊社報導,經過了一個月的暫停對外開放,圖博於週日重新讓外國旅客進入。

Twenty-five tourist groups were to arrive Sunday in Lhasa, the capital of the autonomous region in China, the agency said.

25個旅行團週日到達圖博首都拉薩。

More than 500 foreigners are expected in Tibet in the next two weeks, according to the Tibet Autonomous Regional Tourism Bureau, Xinhua said.

過去兩個禮拜以來,圖博觀光局禁止外國旅客進入圖博超過五百位。

The tourists are coming from countries such as Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Italy, Japan and the United States, according to the tourism bureau, Xinhua said.

根據觀光局記錄,這些旅客來自澳洲、加拿大、丹麥、法國、義大利、日本及美國。

Tourism officials said Tibet had suspended visits by foreigners because of safety reasons, the news agency reported. The closure coincided with the 50th anniversary of the failed uprising that led to the Dalai Lama fleeing Tibet.

觀光局人員表示,禁止外國旅客進入是基於安全原則,中國正在境內慶祝達賴喇嘛亡命天涯五十週年。

Last March, a protest in Lhasa turned violent when Tibetan mobs burned vehicles and shops, and attacked ethnic Chinese. After those protests, there were anti-Chinese demonstrations almost every day outside the Chinese Embassy in the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu.

去年三月,暴動的圖博人焚毀車輛與商店,並且攻擊中國人。此後,位於尼泊爾首都加德滿都 (Kathmandu) 的中國大使館外更有無數的反中國示威活動。

The protests happened several months before the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. Demonstrators from around the world took to the streets, calling for a boycott of the games to protest Chinese rule in Tibet.

這些反抗活動早在北京舉辦奧林匹克運動會前幾個月就已經開始,世界各地都有人走上街頭示威,呼籲抵制奧運以反對中國統治圖博。

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