A man who answered the phone at the Tibetan Tourism Bureau confirmed that the decision to reopen Tibet on May 1 had been changed. He refused to give his name.

• “这项决定会严重影响我们，甚至是整个中国的旅游业。”他说。 一位拒绝透漏姓名的西藏旅游署工作人员在电话采访中证实了西藏在5月1日重新开放的计划被推迟的消息。