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Herders to hoteliers: China lures millions of tourists to Tibet
NYINGTRI, CHINA: In a room warmed by an open wood stove, Baima says her family converted their white-brick house into a hotel as China's Communist leadership ushers tens of millions of tourists to the politically sensitive region of Tibet.Surrounded by mist-covered mountains, nearly 500 kilometres (300 miles) from the capital Lhasa and close to a disputed border with India, most of the houses in her remote village of Tashigang have followed suit and turned into homestays."We used to live a life of herding and farming," the 27-year-old told AFP. "Then the government encouraged us to run a hotel."The villagers - who speak the Tibetan language - have been given Mandarin classes to help them acc

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