URUMQI: The Olympic torch will travel from Chongqing to Xinjiang instead of Tibet on the domestic relay route.

It is not the first time the Beijing Olympic Games organizing committee (BOCOG) has changed the route.

It postponed the Sichuan leg of the relay because of the May 12 earthquake. Besides, the flame's journey was suspended for three days, from May 19 to 21, to mourn the quake victims.