Lhasa Received about 5 Million Tourists

It is revealed that Lhasa travel and leisure produces rapidly this period. A huge variety of visitors both at house and overseas came to Lhasa to visit the popular picturesque areas, such as Potala Building, Jokhang Forehead, Namtso Pond Scenic Area and so on. According to the research provided by Tibet Tourism Institution, the variety of visitors came to Tibet keep rising between Jan and Aug 2012. Lhasa has obtained more than 5 thousand visitors both at house and overseas till Aug. It has improved 29.27 % as opposed to same interval of last period. Lhasa has noticed a complete travel and leisure income of 4.56 billion dollars RMB in the first 8 months of 2012 and it has improved 27 % as opposed to same interval of last period.
August is the high period of Tibet tour and leisure. The popular Shoton Event and Horsee Racing Event would be famous in Aug and a high variety of visitors both at house and overseas would like to come to Tibet during this interval so as to encounter the special festival atmosphere. The party of such kind of celebrations provides visitors the opportunity to discover the Tibetan persons traditions while enjoy the amazing organic scenery.
It is revealed that Lhasa obtained more than 1.04 thousand visitors both at house and overseas during the party of Shoton Event. The variety of visitors improved more than 15.3 % as opposed to same interval of last period. Lhasa noticed a complete travel and leisure income of more than 0.3 billion dollars RMB and that improved 15.04 % as opposed to same interval of last period.
Lhasa experienced its last optimum travel and leisure period during the National Day Vacation. The variety of visitors both at house and overseas achieved another optimum point. 80 % of the hotels and restaurants in Lhasa were arranged before the vacation. It shows that Lhasa has been one of the most popular travel and leisure locations around the world since a great quantity of domestic and overseas visitors would like to come here to spend their holiday.
To offer visitors the opportunity to encounter the unique level scenery and Tibetan persons traditions, the travel agencies in Lhasa researched a series of travel and leisure tracks which gathered the most amazing organic picturesque areas on Tibet Plateau, such as Namtso Pond, Yamdrok Pond, Mt.Kailash and Mt.Everest.

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