Jiuzhaigou is open to all tourists

Contrary to some reports that have been circulating, Jiuzhaigou is open to tourists. The Aba Prefecture is not closed. Aba town and Aba County are.

Jiuzhaigou is open to all tourists

So the road between Chengdu %26amp; Jiuzhaigou is now open? That%26#39;s great if it is. Thanks for letting us know.

Jiuzhaigou is open to all tourists

I don%26#39;t think the road ever had a problem. It was more to do with Tibet.

See google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iAMqM鈥?/a>

Thanks Drumbrake. I did wonder. There was a journalist from the Washington post detained in Gansu the other day.

All a bit suss as the original official reason to close Tibet was to ';undertake restoration of tourist facilities';.

The road from Chengdu to Jiuzhaigou has been open for a long time but it is possible that road travel is restricted at the moment. To be certain, flying is the best option.

Is the road restricted for all tourists, or just foreign tourists?

Because I%26#39;m not actually in Aba (Prefecture) at the moment I can%26#39;t be 100% certain. There are 2 possibilities....

1) The road is closed to foreign tourists because it%26#39;s easier to keep track of foreigners that fly.

2) The road is closed to all because a land slide occurred near the town of Pingwu because of a small earthquake in the region on Thursday - a common occurrence in high mountain ranges, especially on the edge of the Eastern Himalaya - and the road is impassable.

Jiuzhaigou is open to all tourists now but foreign tourists have to travel as part of a tour and for now by air only. Any Chengdu travel agent should be able to organise such a tour.