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Trip.com Tibet Deal

July 16, 2020;

Online travel agent trip.com is reported to have signed “a strategic cooperation deal”with Chinese authorities to promote tourism in Tibet.The “three-year action plan for the high-quality development of the culture and tourism industry in Xigaze”, will be seen by many as part of Chinese efforts to legitimise their presence in Tibet, and raise concerns that the company, which also owns travel application Skyscanner, is involved in Tibet’s “disneyfication”.

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