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This photograph taken on June 4, 2021 during a government organised media tour shows villager Baima posing at her hotel in the village of Tashigang in the city of Nyingtri in China's Tibet Autonomous Region. - Thirty-five million tourists flooded into the region last year, ten times the entire population of Tibet -- prompted warnings that the influx could overwhelm traditional lifestyles and values. - TO GO WITH China-Tibet-tourism-lifestyle,FOCUS by HELEN ROXBURGH (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / TO GO WITH China-Tibet-tourism-lifestyle,FOCUS by HELEN ROXBURGH (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on June 4, 2021 during a government organised media tour shows villager Baima posing at her hotel in the village of Tashigang in the city of Nyingtri in China's Tibet Autonomous Region. - Thirty-five million tourists flooded into the region last year, ten times the entire population of Tibet -- prompted warnings that the influx could overwhelm traditional lifestyles and values. - TO GO WITH China-Tibet-tourism-lifestyle,FOCUS by HELEN ROXBURGH (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / TO GO WITH China-Tibet-tourism-lifestyle,FOCUS by HELEN ROXBURGH (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images)