Tibet is rich in tourism resources, with its majestic mountains and rivers, magnificent grasslands and forests and profound ethnic and religious culture.
There has been an influx of foreign travelers into Tibet since the autonomous region reopened to the outside world in April and more than 13,000 foreign tourists visited in July, an increase of 358 percent year-on-year.
Official figures show that Tibet received over 157.6 million tourists from home and abroad, and achieved a tourism income of 212.6 billion yuan (29.8 billion U.S. dollars) from 2016 to 2020, 2.3 times and 2.4 times that of the previous five years, respectively, which helped lift 75,000 registered impoverished residents out of poverty.
Six tourist destinations will become new name cards of the plateau of Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region - known as the "roof of the world", the organizers of the 5th China Xizang Tourism and Culture Expo unveiled on Saturday in Lhasa.