Project of protecting ruins of guge kingdom

July,22 2016 BY Master Catherine Jigme 0 COMMENTS

Tibet starts a multimillion dollar project to protect ruins of an ancient kingdom, the tenth-century Guge Kingdom in Ngari Prefecture of western Tibet, against natural disasters, especially mud-and-rock structure stand natural disasters and weather erosion. The ruins of the Guge Kingdom has suffered damages such as cracks on the walls and landslides over the past decades due to increased rainfall on the otherwise dry plateau land. Workers will repair the ruins' structure and consolidate the soil of the surrounding rocky mountains in addition to preserving the ancient Buddhist murals in the caves.

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With exceptional passion and outstanding leadership, Mrs. Catherine has dedicated herself to Tibet inbound tourism and China tour for 15 years. As one of the handful females who see great potential of Chinese inbound tourism, Catherine has made great contribution to promoting Tibet tourism and enhancing the employment of Tibetans and prosperity of local Tibetan community.

Over the years, she travelled overseas with Tibet Tourism Bureau many times to promote Tibet tourism. Currently, Catherine works as the marketing director of Tibet Vista, an opinion leader behind the whole team of Tibet Vista.

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