It is reported from Lhasa Tourism Bureau that until the end of Sep, Lhasa, the capital of southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, welcomed 10.19 million tourists, a growth of 24.8 percent than the last year, which generated 13.6 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 36.5 percent.

In the first three quarters of this year, tourism market of Lhasa began to heat up. With an increase of long-short trip passengers, more and more tour groups went to Tibet. Tourism market in Lhasa integrating all tourism resources held many distinct and significant festival activities, stimulating the demands for consumption.

In addition, self-driving travel occupied a great in the tourism market of Lhasa. Based on the information from various star-level hotels, reception is better than before. During July and August of this year, occupancy rate of hotels almost reached 90 percent.