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• Tibet Airlines Opens a Qingdao-Xi'an-Lhasa Route

  Tibet Airlines launches a Qingdao- Xi'an- Lhasa route to the inland cities on Jan 7. The new route, linking the regional capital of Lhasa with Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi Province and Qingdao in Shandong Province, is the only air route connecting the cities.

• Across China: Tibetan County has High Hopes for Tourism

  Holding a plank and an engraver, Phuntsog Tsering carefully carves a Tibetan character in front of visitors, hoping the traditional craft can help attract more tourists to his hometown. Phuntsog, 61, comes from Derge County of Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Sichuan...

• Gyantse Tourism Bureau Held Tourism Promotion in Chengdu

  On Jan. 16, 2016, Gyantse government of Tibet Autonomous Region held a tourism promotion summit in Chengdu and granted Tibet Vista, CITS Shigatse Tibet, Xi’an Overseas Tourist Company(listed company, No.000610), and Tibet Global Travel Company as the cooperative partnership.

• Endangered Snow Leopards Spotted at Mt. Qomolangma

  Wild snow leopards were caught on camera in a Tibetan county at the north face of Mt. Qomolangma, suggesting that the endangered species also lives at the mountain, researchers said on Friday.

• Sichuan Hailuogou Spa Resort, a Haven for Spa Lovers

  Hailuogou Spa Resort, located in Hailuogou National Glacier Forest Park, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province, is a haven for spa lovers in search of a blissful, relaxing spa to transport them away from the stresses and strains of the everyday, freezing winter world. Endowed...

• Tibet World's Largest Winter Habitat for Black-necked Cranes

  Tibet is currently temporary home to 7,000 to 8,000 black-necked cranes, around 70 percent of the world's total. "It has turned into a winter haven for this critically endangered species," said Dawa Tsering, researcher with the Tibet Autonomous Regional Academy of Social Sciences.

• Internet Reaches 80% of Tibet's Villages in China

  LHASA -- More than 80 percent of villages in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region have access to the Internet, according to the latest statistics. By the end of December 2015, 4,208 villages had broadband, accounting for 80 percent of the total, up from 19.6 percent five years ago, said...

• Nepalese Tourism Entrepreneurs Propose Cross-border Tourism in Himalayan Region

  Tourism experts in Nepal have come up with a new proposal of cross-border tourism in the Himalayan region. At a forum on Wednesday, tourism entrepreneurs proposed to promote the Himalayan region including Nepal, Lhasa of China's Tibet, Sikkim of India and Bhutan as a cross-border tourism route.

• New Domestic Flight Serves Tibet in China

  LHASA - Tibet Airlines launches a new route to the inland cities on Thursday. The new route, linking the regional capital of Lhasa with Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi Province and Qingdao in Shandong Province, is the only air route connecting the cities.

• Farmers & Herdsmen from all over Tibet Start Pilgrimages to Lhasa

  A woman spins prayer wheels nearby the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Jan. 3, 2016. When slack farming season comes, farmers and herdsmen from all over Tibet start their pilgrimages to Lhasa, during which they spent months kowtowing along the roads,...