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Tibet cuts prices to lure tourists

Tibet has slashed prices to try to lure back tourists. Hotels in Tibetan capital Lhasa have cut prices by up to 70% and air fares have also been reduced. Tibet played host to just 2.2 million tourists...

(26 January 2009)

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