Travel News

• Road to Tibetan Town Isolated by Earthquake Now Passable

  Rescuers have cleared a highway leading to a Tibetan town where thousands of people were trapped following the 8.1-magnitude earthquake in Nepal Saturday.

• 2015 Tibet Travel Season Starts with First Tour Group on April

  The arrival of train Z264, which brought the first tour group to join the 2015 Happy Tibet Peach Blossom Festival, to the Lhasa Railway Station on April.21, marked the beginning of Tibet's 2015 travel season.

• Take a Deep Breath in Lhasa's Lhalu Wetland Tibet

  The Lhalu Wetland is located in the northern suburb of Lhasa. Covering an area of 12.2 square kilometres, it is the world’s highest and largest natural urban wetland. The wetland plays a very important role in improving the city’s ecological environment, hence known as the "Lungs of...

• Tibetan Nun Puts Her Heart and Soul into Business

  On Lhasa's bustling Barkhor Street, there is an ordinary Buddhist temple, Canggu Temple, the only nunnery in the Lhasa Old Town. The temple is run by a very well-known woman named Tsultrim Lhamo or the "Great Manager".

• China "One Belt, One Road" to Boost Tibet's Economy

  Tibet's economy will see unprecedented opportunity for growth in 2015. Southwest China's Tibet, not only abuts upon the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Qinghai, Sichuan, Yunnan provinces which are located in the "One Belt, One Road", but also borders with India, Nepal, and other South...

• Tibet's World Famous Karma Valley to Open Next Month

  The Karma Valley scenic area will open to the public next month, giving tourists the chance to admire the spectacular low river valleys of the Himalayas, according to the Travel Bureau of Dingri County, Tibet Autonomous Region.

• Qinghai-Tibet Railway Reach from Lhasa to Kathmandu Nepal in 2020

  China has announced that it will extend the Qinghai-Tibet railway to the border areas with Nepal within the next five years. The railway will stretch out for another 540 kilometers from Xigaze to Jilong county which sits on the border of China and Nepal.

• Oldest Method of Salt Production Seen in Markam Tibet

  A villager works on salt pans in Markam county, Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, March 21, 2015. This salt evaporation method was listed as one of China's National Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2009.

• Wenjiang Artworks on Display at Sichuan Art Center

  The Sichuan Art Center exhibits paintings and calligraphy works by artists from the Wenjiang Liucheng Institute of Arts from March 31 to April 7.

• Tibetan Craftsman Continues Ancient Tradition of Prayer-stone Carvings

  Many travelers to the Tibet Autonomous Region might come across piles of stones with religious carvings of scriptures and Buddhist images. Olo Tsering is one of the Tibetan craftsmen behind the prayer-stone carvings. On one of his workdays, he sits focused on a carpet and meticulously carves a...