Tasks listed in protection of Qomolangma

Range of measures includes garbage bins, restrooms along approach routes

The recent ban on ordinary tourists entering the core zone of Qomolangma National Nature Reserve is aimed at restoring the area's vulnerable ecosystem after years of rapid tourism development, a spokesman from the Ministry of Ecology and Environment said on Thursday.

Liu Youbin, spokesman with the ministry, said that travelers bound for Qomolangma (or Mount Everest) registered remarkable growth because of local tourism development in recent years.