Nepal: Residents to Block Tourists from Upper Mustang near Tibet

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | September 1st, 2010 | Trackback

Residents of the former kingdom of Mustang on the border with Tibet vowed to ban tourists beginning Oct. 1 to protest broken promises by the government. Upper Mustang opened to tourists only in 1992 and visitors are required to pay $500 for a pass to enter the region. The locals said the government promised to spend 60 percent of that revenue in the poor area, but has not done so, while the government said it had made no such promise. Travelers to Mustang may be turned back.

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