LHASA - O se vaega o turisi Tibet, averesi tausaga 60, aveina Aso Faraile mai Lhasa, laumua o sautesisifo Saina Tibet Autonomous Region mo Taiwan, faailogaina le muamua malaga o turisi mai Tibet i Taiwan talu mai le motu tatalaina faitotoʻa i laufanua turisi i le 2008.

O le kulupu e aofia ai 13 tagata faigaluega litaea a le malo Tibet ma se taʻiala taʻimua. O loʻo faʻamoemoe latou te faʻaaluina le sefulu aso e tafafao ai i le motu Taiwan ma le tuaʻoi o le taua o Kinmen, o le tala lea a Huang Lihua, o le pule o le ofisa femalagaaʻi a Tibet na lagolagoina le malaga.

O Sonam Gyaltsen, o se turisi, na ia taua lona fiafia ona ua toeititi taunuʻu lana miti o le alu i Taiwan. "Ou te manaʻo e asiasi i isi nofoaga ma ia ou iloa tele le motu," o lana tala lea.

O tagata tafafao maimoa mai Tibet e tatau ona sui faalua vaalele a o lei taunuu i Taiwan, aua e leai se sootaga sao o le ea i le va o vaipanoa e lua o Saina.

O Taiwan, na vavaeʻese mai le laueleele tele ina ua maeʻa le taua i le 1949, faʻatoa amata lava ona faʻatagaina turisi mai fafo e asiasi i le motu i le 2008. Na faʻamaonia e le pulega i Tibet turisi na fusia e Taiwan i le 2010.

E tusa ma le 1.23 miliona tagata tafafao maimoa na asiasi atu i Taiwan i le tausaga ua tuanaʻi, o se siitaga maualuga o le 127.8 pasene i le tausaga, e tusa ai ma faamaumauga lata mai na faalauiloa e le pulega o turisi a le motu i le Aso Lua.

I le taimi nei, i le 2010 lava, turisi i Tibet numera 6.85 miliona, i luga 380 pasene mai le 2005. I lena tausaga, 7.14 piliona yuan na gaosia mai turisi, i luga 370 pasene mai le lima tausaga na muamua atu.

O le pulega o turisi i le lotoifale e faʻamoemoe e faʻatosina mai le 15 miliona turisi, ma maua ai le 16 piliona yuan (2.4 piliona US tala) i tupe maua e le 2015.

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A group of Tibetan tourists, averaging age 60, took off Friday from Lhasa, capital of southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region for Taiwan, marking the first trip of tourists from Tibet to Taiwan since the island opened its doors to mainland tourists in 2008.
Taiwan, separated from the mainland after the civil war in 1949, only began allowing mainland tourists to visit the island in 2008.
They are expected to spend ten days touring the Taiwan island and the war-time frontier islet of Kinmen, said Huang Lihua, the manager of Tibet’s local travel agency that sponsored the trip.