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Jet Age Tourism Comes to 'Russia’s Tibet’ - the Altai

Published September 18, 2012

Russia’s remote Altai Republic has long been seen as ‘Russia’s Tibet.’ Long isolated by rugged mountains, this region on the border with China and Mongolia, has just opened up to jet age tourism. VOA correspondent James Brooke reports from Altai.

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