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Lhasa: the Visiting Time in Jokhang Temple to Limited

Published : 3:22 A.M. EST, Jun 26, 2007

According to Shanghai Office of Tibet Tourism Bureau (TTB), from Jul. 1^st, the visiting time in the famous scenic spot in Lhasa, Jokhang Temple will be limited.

With the coming of the peak season of Tibet travel, visitors to Jokhang Temple has reached 2,500 on average every day, bringing much difficulty to the protection of the temple. So the temple decides to implement some limitations on the visitors' amounts next month.

The temple will focus the opening time from 08:00 to 11:00 on religious people, admitting no groups of more than 10 people. Other tourists can visit between 11:30 and 17:30. Besides, the groups can stay no more than 1 hour in the temple totally. (20 minutes for Ten-thousand Buddha Gallery, 10 minutes for the central hall, and 10 minutes for photographing of the exterior golden roof.). When visiting inside the hall, the tour guides are not allowed to give instructions further.

In addition, Potala Palace still sells 1,600 group tickets and 700 individual tickets every day, and the number of visitors per hour is also limited.

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