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Tibet Lhasa sholton and a record number of tourists

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Tibet Lhasa Shoton Festival drop the curtainon Aug.12, during the Shoton Festival in Lhasa this year a total of 1.3804 million overseas tourists trips have been received, a record high.
 
Vice mayor of Lhasa, the Shoton accounted Dayton Office said that this year the number of tourists in Lhasa during Shoton is 1,380,400 passengers, an increase of 16.19% over the same period last year; during Shoton Festival in Lhasa the total tourism revenue is 285,802,300 yuan, an increase of 15.97% than last year.
 
During this year's Shoton, except traditional Buddhist Tibetan Drepung exhibition performances and Tibetan opera and other activities, also held a series of colorful cultural activities. The holding third Tibetan Thangka Art Expo attracts tens of thousands of tourists in Lhasa; in Tibet museum, recognized by the Shanghai Great World Guinness the world longest Tibetan font Tibetan calligraphy and Dayton section of painting and calligraphy exhibition debut scroll up recently on Shoton, attracting a large audience; yak dairy products exhibition, Tibetan cuisine Challenge Cup and other activities on stage one after another, improved the festive atmosphere.  
 
Shoton Festival is the most important festival in the year rank only second toTibetan New Year of Lhasa Tibetan people, , "snow" in Tibetan means yogurt, "Dayton" means "feast", so Shoton Festival also known as yogurt. May 2006, Shoton was included in the first batch of China non-material cultural heritage protection list. 
Master Catherine Jigme

About the Author - Master Catherine Jigme

With exceptional passion and outstanding leadership, Mrs. Catherine has dedicated herself to Tibet inbound tourism and China tour for 15 years. As one of the handful females who see great potential of Chinese inbound tourism, Catherine has made great contribution to promoting Tibet tourism and enhancing the employment of Tibetans and prosperity of local Tibetan community.

Over the years, she travelled overseas with Tibet Tourism Bureau many times to promote Tibet tourism. Currently, Catherine works as the marketing director of Tibet Vista, an opinion leader behind the whole team of Tibet Vista.

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