Daily News and Analysis
May 31, 2015
Tourism revenue rose 39.3% to 1.29 billion yuan (US $207.92 million) in the same period, including US $15.36 million from foreign visitors.
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Tourism revenue in Tibet increased by nearly 40% at over US $200 million during the first four months of the year with more than one million people from China and abroad visiting the region.
Foreign visitors numbers rose 17.3% to 23,421.
Over 1.01 million people from China and abroad visited Tibet from January to April this year, an increase of 22.2% from the same period a year ago, according to the autonomous region’s tourism authority.
Tourism revenue rose 39.3% to 1.29 billion yuan (US $207.92 million) in the same period, including US $15.36 million from foreign visitors.
The tourism in Tibet has been on the rise with an improved air, rail and road connectivity in recent years. Foreign tourists require special permission to visit the Himalayan region.
