Washington: The US Department of State has highlighted that Chinese government regulations and procedures continue to impede travel to the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) and other Tibetan areas for US diplomats and officials, journalists, and tourists, with restrictions remaining in place throughout last year.
In its latest annual report to the Congress under the Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act of 2018, the US State Department’s Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs noted that international visitors’ travel to the TAR continues to require approval through government-issued travel permits. In 2025, consular officials from the US Embassy in Beijing were permitted to make the first official visit to the TAR s...





