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China Exclusive: Overseas tourists on rise in Tibetan-inhabited region

SHANGRI-LA, Yunnan, April 16 (Xinhua) -- It was 6 p.m. on Monday, tourists made a beeline for Tancheng Plaza, the largest open-air dancing pool in Shangri-La, a well-known scenic spot in Yunnan Province, southwest China.

On reaching the plaza, tourists of different colors quickly formed into a circle around a lamppost and danced the Tibetan Bonfire Dance, called "Guozhuo" in Tibetan and " Guozhuang" in Mandarin, according to the rhythm of the music.

The happiest of all was Cering Zhoima, a local woman tour guide.

"Thank god, I finally had a tour group to work for after so many days," said the woman who is employed by ...

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