While any individual can apply for a visa to travel to China, an additional special entry permit is requited to visit Tibet. This can be applied for through a travel agency registered with the Chinese government and is only given for group tours. Besides, India pilgrims can apply for visa only from the Chinese embassy in New Delhi, not anywhere else, including Kathmandu.
onsdag 1. juli 2026
Indian pilgrims stranded in Nepal due to China’s tight Tibet control
Visiting Tibet is not like visiting China or any other country as it is a difficult occupied territory under tight foreign control and a mere visa would not suffice to fly to it. This message was brought home to a number of Indian pilgrims who travelled to Nepal for their visit to Mount Kailash and lake Mansarovar in western Tibet’s Ngari prefecture but have remained stranded there.
While any individual can apply for a visa to travel to China, an additional special entry permit is requited to visit Tibet. This can be applied for through a travel agency registered with the Chinese government and is only given for group tours. Besides, India pilgrims can apply for visa only from the Chinese embassy in New Delhi, not anywhere else, including Kathmandu.
While any individual can apply for a visa to travel to China, an additional special entry permit is requited to visit Tibet. This can be applied for through a travel agency registered with the Chinese government and is only given for group tours. Besides, India pilgrims can apply for visa only from the Chinese embassy in New Delhi, not anywhere else, including Kathmandu.