Tibet's tourism under pressure

(01:47) Report
Email Video | 
Share Video
 | Embed Video:
[-] Text [+]

Aug. 7 - Tibet deals with a deluge of tourists more than a year after a railway links the region with the rest of China.

Record numbers of tourists have been pouring into Tibet since China's President Hu Jintao launched a new rail service from Xining, capital of northwestern Qinghai province, to Tibet's capital, Lhasa, last year.

But the rising numbers of tourists has put a strain on the capital's most popular attractions leaving some visitors queuing for days to buy tickets.

Hayley Platt reports.