| 82. Q: What tour routes are now available for Tibet? What is the accommodation capacity of Tibet? | |
A: In 2000, Tibet started to organize its tourist resources into one center, five areas, five arteries and three ring routes. At the center are the cultural and sightseeing tours around Lhasa. The five areas refer to the mountaineering and trekking area of western Tibet, the ecological tourist area of eastern Tibet, the sightseeing area around the Yalong River Valley, and the wildlife and prairie tourist area in northern Tibet. The five arteries include the Sichuan-Tibet route through Chengdu, Qamdo, Nyingchi and Lhasa, the Yunnnan Tibet route through Xiaguan, Mangkam and Qamdo, the Qinghai-Tibet route through Xining, Golmud, Nagqu and Lhasa, theSino-Nepalese route through Lhasa, Xigaze, Zham and Nepal, and the Xinjiang- Tibet route through Urumqi, Yecheng and Shiquanhe. The three ring routes refer to Lhasa-Nyingchi-Shannan-Lhasa, Lhasa-Xigaze-Ngari-Nagqu-Lhasa, and Lhasa-Nagqu-Qamdo-Nyingchi-Lhasa toure. All these programs, are open to tourists. Some are being expanded.
Today, Tibet has more than 30 travel agencies of different categories and over 50 tourist hotels, including seven star-rated hotels. It has more than 400 tourist vehicles, and 3,000 or sp people working in the tourist industry.
Tibet has affiliated hotels in Beijing, Chengdu and Xi'an and has set up travel agencies and offices in Hong Kong, Nepal, Beijing and Chengdu. Before 1978, there was no tourism in Tibet, but by the first half of 2000 a total of 185,000 domestic and international travelers had been to Tibet. |
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