China

Earthquake beyond “Lost Horizon of Shambala” damaged the bus with tourists

The death toll from an earthquake in southwest China has been revised down, official figures published Sunday said, though the fate of tourists reported trapped in landslides remained unclear. The earthquake hit a remote part of southwest

Tibet generated $2 billion in revenue from tourism in 2012

Revenues from tourism in Tibet increased by 30% to almost $2 billion in 2012. According to Xinhua news, referring to the Department of Tourism of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, last year Tibet welcomed more than