Beijing  - Tourism revenue fell by nearly 40 per cent in China's Tibet region over the week-long National Day holiday because of rioting and unrest in the region earlier this year, state media said on Monday.

The number of tourist arrivals fell by 36 per cent year-on-year to 257,000 during the one-week holiday, which ended on Sunday, the government's Xinhua news agency quoted a regional tourism official as saying.

Only 110,900 tourists stayed overnight in the region, down 41.5 per cent from last year, the agency said.

Dharamsala, Oct 1 : Tibetan Prime Minister in-exile Samdhong Rinpoche has said that the Tibetans issue shall be resolved through the non-violent Gandhian principles.

Rinpoche said this while paying tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on the eve of his 137th birth anniversary in Dharamsala, the seat of the Tibetan government in-exile, on Wednesday.

“Peace and non-violence is the only way to resolve any problem and Tibet is also to be resolved from that,” said Rinpoche.

Rinpoche also sent out a message of peace and non-violence to the Tibetans across the world.

New Delhi - The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, who lives in exile in India, has recovered from a bout of ill health and has resumed his preaching sessions, an aide said Friday.

The Dalai Lama, 73, made his first public appearance after a month at a teaching ceremony on Thursday at McLeodganj near Dharamsala, the northern Indian hill town where he is based along with the Tibetan government-in-exile, his secretary Tenzin Takhla said.

The Tibetan leader had complained of fatigue and had been advised rest by his doctors after a series of medical tests in August. He has stayed confined to his residence since August 28 and scheduled trips to Europe, Mexico and the Dominican Republic were cancelled.

Dharamsala, Sept 13 : The Dalai Lama has called a special meeting of Tibetan exiles in November or December to discuss political unrest in Tibet this year and the future of the Tibetan movement. 

Samdhong Rinpoche, Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile has sent a letter to direct the speaker to commence a special meeting of the Tibetan people representatives including the parliament members.

Shimla, Sept 10 : Tibetan exiles in Shimla offered prayers for the long life of their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, today.

The monks said that September 10 is the 10th day of seventh month of the Tibetan calendar, an auspicious day for them.

"Today, we are offering special prayers for his holiness'' long life because his holiness is not in good health for the last few weeks," said Yonten a Tibetan Buddhist monk.

Similar prayer were held in Dharamshala, the seat of the Tibetan government-in-exile. Thousands of Bhuddhist monks and nuns prayed for the well being of Dalai Lama.

New Delhi, Sept 8 : Tibetans-in-exile took to streets in New Delhi to show their annoyance against visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi who arrived in the national capital today.

The Tibetan protestors carrying Tibetan flags and shouting slogans condemned the alleged Chinese atrocities against the Tibetans in their homeland and demanded that Beijing should set Tibet free.