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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.

Yumbu Lhakang is seen on the top of a hill of Yarlung Valley Friday Aug. 22, 2003 near Tsetang, about 200 kilometers, 125 miles, from Lhasa, Tibet, far west of China. The castle-like palace was built by Nyatri Tsanpo, the first Tibetan king, in the 2nd century B.C. The palace plays an important role in the origin of Tibetan history and culture. Photo by Eugene Hoshiko

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)

Chinese officials in Tibet have voiced doubts that the exiled Dalai Lama would help boost the already thriving tourism industry in the Himalayan region if he were allowed to return.

Tibetan monks don't get overly excited by any form of entertainment. After all, giving up the need for instant gratification is central to Buddhism.

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More tourists are visiting Tibet, a place once totally inaccessible to even people from China. The number of foreigners is expected to increase by five per cent every year and twice that number for those from China.