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A local child waits for visitors to beg some money from near colorful prayer's cloths Sunday, Aug. 24, 2003 at the peak of Mount Kamala, about 100 kilometers (62.5 miles) from Lhasa, Tibet, far west of China. The picturesque site is overlooking Yamdrok-tso Lake where is very popular among adventurous tourists. Photo by Eugene Hoshiko

Beijing has agreed to let Nepal's state carrier double its flights to China to 14 a week and begin service to Tibet, Nepal's aviation minister said Saturday. Nepal hopes the agreement will expand the number of tourists using it as a conduit to Tibet

The annual Indo-Tibet trade at Taklakot area in Tibet is gradually picking up momentum with 100 Indian businessmen going there for trading through barter, official sources said today.

China is investing about $5.4 million to protect the largest group of mausoleums of ancient Tibetan kings, located in Khyonggyal county in the Himalayan region, a report said today.

General view of Panchen Lama's New Palace Saturday Aug. 23, 2003 in Shigatse, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from Lhasa, Tibet, far west of China. The palace once was the summer house of Panchen Lama and now is under renewal to establish as the palace. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

One of Tibetan Buddhism's most important monasteries, the Tashilhunpo situated on the roof of the world next to the Himalayas, appears peaceful and orderly after years of upheaval over the reincarnation of a highly revered spiritual leader.

A leading Lama at one of Tibetan Buddhism’s most important monasteries said on Sunday one of its former abbots who was jailed in 1995 for aiding the exiled Dalai Lama would not be welcomed back.

SACRED: Khensur Kangyur Rinpoche.Picture: PETER HYETT.

AN ancient and rarely-seen ceremony heralded the next step in the building of the Great Buddhist Stupa at Myers Flat yesterday. Australia's most senior Tibetan Lama, Khensur Kangyur Rinpoche, buried four treasure vases on the site of the Stupa which

Wishirgongyong, a Tibetan monk admires the view from the Yumbulagang Palace near Tsethang. Yumbulang Palace, reputed to be Tibet's first castle, is situated in the Yarlung valley, which is often described as the cradle of Tibetan civilisation and the birthplace of the Tibetan people. Chinese officials in Tibet expressed doubts that the exiled Dalai Lama would help boost the already thriving tourism industry in Tibet if he were allowed to return(AFP/GOH CHAI)