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Tourism industry helps increase villagers' income in Ali Prefecture, China's Tibet
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Gangsha Village is located at the foot of Mount Kangrinboqe, a sacred Hindu and Buddhist site in Ali. Since the 1980s, local farmers and herdsmen have started to receive pilgrims and tourists from home and abroad.
Xinhua丨Updated: July 4, 2018
People of Gangsha Village wait for pilgrims at the starting of a travel to Mount Kangrinboqe in Ali Prefecture, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 24, 2018. Gangsha Village is located at the foot of Mount Kangrinboqe, a sacred Hindu and Buddhist site in Ali. Since the 1980s, local farmers and herdsmen have started to receive pilgrims and tourists from home and abroad. They upgraded services of tourism industry in the past 30 years, and tourism increased villagers' income. [Photo/Xinhua]