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Mobile Shop Opened On Roof Of "Roof of the World"

July,26 2016 BY Master Catherine Jigme 0 COMMENTS
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Known as roof of "Roof of the World", Ngari Prefecture of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region recently opened its first village mobile shop as a step to ease the daily shopping inconvenience of the locals.  It also good for people travel to Tibet.
 
The shop was opened in a village of Hor township of Burang County of the prefecture by the Tibetan branch of China Mobile, the country's largest mobile operator. 
Investing a total of 120,000 RMB for the opening of the shop, China Mobile also bought freight trucks for the village.
The shop, covering an area of over 50 square meters, sells around 120 kinds of goods, such as motorcycle parts, daily supplies, snacks and toys.
The locals were employed as salespersons.
Goods in the mobile shop are 10% cheaper than those in other shops for the shop buys goods directly from manufactures in Lhasa, without any middleman.
Besides the daily service for the neighboring locals, the shop also delivers goods to pastoral areas, providing service to herdsmen.

 

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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