TO GO WITH China-Tibet-tourism-lifestyle,FOCUS by HELEN ROXBURGH
This photograph taken on June 1, 2021 during a government organised media tour shows a Buddhist monk at the Potala Palace - classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1994 - in the regional capital Lhasa, in China's Tibet Autonomous Region. - Thirty-five million tourists flooded into the region last year, ten times the entire population of Tibet -- prompted warnings that the influx could overwhelm traditional lifestyles and values. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / TO GO WITH China-Tibet-tourism-lifestyle,FOCUS by HELEN ROXBURGH