Cape Town, Dec 7 (ANI): Nearly half of people in South Africa believe that Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama should be allowed to visit the country, a survey has revealed.
According to a survey by marketing company TNS, about 47 percent of adults polled in metropolitan areas felt he should be allowed to visit the country.
Twenty-one percent of those polled disagreed and third of respondents gave a "don't know" response, News24 reports.
"Amongst those giving an opinion, there is over a two-to-one majority in favour of the Dalai Lama coming to South Africa," said Neil Higgs, the head of innovation at TNS South Africa.
The study was done among 2 000 metro adults into attitudes to various social and political issues in late October and early November 2011.
The Dalai Lama was forced to cancel his intended trip to South Africa to attend Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu's 80th birthday on October 4.
It is believed that the South African government is not issuing a visa to the Dalai Lama's visa because of pressure from China, a major trading partner.
Tutu that time compared the South African government unfavourably with the apartheid regime. (ANI)
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