Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the tourism industry of Tibet Autonomous Region has been expanded rapidly and the tourism infrastructure has been improved significantly. In addition, the internationalization level and openness level are also constantly improved. All these play an important role in promoting Tibet’s economic and social development as well as long-term stability. From 2012 to 2016, Tibet has received 82.3606 million domestic and foreign tourists and has realized a tourism revenue of 110.833 billion yuan.

Tourists are visiting the Potala Palace in Lhasa. [China Tibet News/Tenzin]