Medog County is located in the southeast of the Tibet Autonomous Region and at the lower branch of Yarlung Tsangpo River. Medog County covers an area of 30,553 square kilometers. The average altitude of the county is 1,200 m above sea level. It is the last county that opens to traffic in China. Since then, tourism industry in Medog has been developing rapidly. 

According to the Medog Tourist Administration, Metok receives a total of 70,800 tourists in 2015. Medog has a favourable climate caused by the relatively low elevations in parts of the county and by the South Asian monsoon, which brings moisture from the Indian Ocean. The area is lush and covered with trees and includes the Medog National Animal and Plant Reserve Area.