Tips for Peach Blossom Sightseeing

  The 12th Peach Blossom Festival featuring various activities was kicked off in Nyingchi Tibet, on March 26. The Nyingchi Airport has already been put into operation which makes the peach blossom kingdom much close to the outside world. The airport has several flights leaving from Chengdu every week. Highways from Lhasa to Nyingchi are…

March 31, 2014 BY Kunga

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Tourists Flood into Suosong Village for Mount Namche Barwa

  Rated by Chinese National Geography as the most amazing peak across China, Mount Namche Barwa attracts more and more tourists to visit Suosong Village, the supposed best spot for viewing the mountain peak. Mount Namche Barwa is a mountain located in the Himalaya as the eastern anchor of the entire mountain chain, and it is the highest peak…

March 28, 2014 BY Kunga

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Location Survey of Sichuan-Tibet Railway to be Finished

  Photo taken on Mar. 23 shows railroaders are making location survey in one section of Sichuan-Tibet Railway from Lhasa to Nyingchi in Bugyu Township of Nyingchi Prefecture, southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region. The survey, launched in Sep. 2013, is at closeout phase and expected to be finished next month. It focuses on a few important points,…

March 27, 2014 BY Kunga

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Tibetan Embroidery Becomes New Way to Wealth for Herdsmen

  More than 1,200 herdsmen in Hainai Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai Province have been involved in embroidery industry, Xinhua reported. With government supports, leading enterprises established factories and workshops to recruit farmers and herdsmen who were interested in the job after free trainings. The number of workshops keeps rising, covering 40 villages in five…

March 26, 2014 BY Kunga

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New Airline to Open in Chamdo, Tibet

  The first airline linking Chamdo Prefecture, Tibet, Chongqing Municipality and Sichuan Province will be launched on April 1st. The Tibet Airline will run a new airline, subsidized by the local government on April.1, which was temporary arranged to operate three flights each week for the preliminary stage, in order to meet the great demand…

March 25, 2014 BY Kunga

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Increasing Visitors to Enjoy Peach Blossom in Nyingchi

  A record number of visitors are expected to enjoy the 12th Nyingchi Peach Blossom Cultural and Tourism Festival in southwest China’s Tibet. The festival will be opened in Karla Village of Nyingchi County, Mar. 26. All the preparation work has been completed, including the stage for opening ceremony and luncheon with strong Tibetan flavor.…

March 24, 2014 BY Kunga

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Mountain Bike Race to be Held in Tibet

  A mountain bike race will be held in the Draksum-tso National Forest Park of southeastern Tibet’s Nyingchi Prefecture in May. The 2nd Mountain Biking Tour of Draksum-tso will last from May 1 to 3, which is also the highest mountain bike race in China. The 41 km race has 30-percent highway track and 70-percent…

March 21, 2014 BY Kunga

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Lake Qinghai Listed as Best Self-driving Tourist Destination

  Lake Qinghai has come 4th as best self-driving tourist destinations in an annual poll of “China’s most desirable tourist destinations”. The year’s poll consists of best destinations and featured destinations. Voters are polled on annual best destinations, hotels, scenic spots and tourist-must-eat restaurants. The lists are based on Big Data, user comments and travel…

March 20, 2014 BY Kunga

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Football Team in Yushu

  The picture shows the Wild Yak Football Team is playing football in Kham region of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Qinghai Province. The team, set up in 2006, is comprised of 21 local villagers with an average age of 27. All members come from different walks of life, such as taxi driver, civil…

March 19, 2014 BY Kunga

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Shangri-la Lhasa to Open in the Heart of Himalayas

  Scheduled to welcome its first guests on 17 April 2014, the Shangri-la Hotel Lhasa will be the first Shangri-la branch in Tibet to further open up the southwest Chinese hotel market. Ms. Debbie Deng, the OP manager of Tibet Travel Org CITS, was invited to participate in its opening introduction conference held in Chengdu…

March 18, 2014 BY Kunga

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