STORY: China's Xizang draws foreign visitors with unique scenery, culture
SHOOTING TIME: July 16, 2024 
DATELINE: July 18, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:19
LOCATION: LHASA, China
CATEGORY: CULTURE 

SHOTLIST:
1. various of tourists in Lhasa
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): NADYA, Tourist from Belarus
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): TREVOR WALSH, Tourist from Australia
4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): NATASHA STEFANOVIC, Tourist from Serbia
5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): MICHAEL HENRY JOHNSTON, Tourist from the UK
6. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): PAUL JOHN ROWLANDS, Tourist from the UK

STORYLINE:

As the tourism season arrives, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region draws visitors from around the world with its unique natural scenery and culture.

SOUNDBITE 1 (English): NADYA, Tourist from Belarus
"It is my first time in Xizang. It is very interesting. We like your culture, history, and nature."

SOUNDBITE 2 (English): TREVOR WALSH, Tourist from Australia
"Love the city, love the people, very easy to get around, and a lot of historical sites to visit, which makes it a really interesting tour."

SOUNDBITE 3 (English): NATASHA STEFANOVIC, Tourist from Serbia
"This is a beautiful piece of land and I'm so glad I had the opportunity to come and visit and travel. I really enjoyed this place and I am so looking forward to coming here again and maybe to going to Mount Kailash. I really admire your culture and how you (are) preserving everything from the history."

SOUNDBITE 4 (English): MICHAEL HENRY JOHNSTON, Tourist from the UK
"The mountains, the scenery, the water, the trees, they're all very beautiful and the people are very friendly, so yeah it has been great so far."

SOUNDBITE 5 (English): PAUL JOHN ROWLANDS, Tourist from the UK
"I just thought it (Lhasa) would be just a small kind of historic town but it's obviously a modern big city which I wasn't expecting."
   
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Lhasa, China.
(XHTV)