New railway in Tibet a tourist boost
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A NEW railway that began operations last month in southwest China鈥檚 Tibet Autonomous Region linking the regional capital Lhasa with the city of Nyingchi is expected to contribute to strong tourism development.
In June, Nyingchi received 1.24 million tourists, up 15.33 percent from 2019, the year before the COVID-19 epidemic, the city鈥檚 tourism development bureau said.
In the first half of this year, the city received 5.03 million domestic and foreign tourists, up 10.89 percent from the same period in 2019, while tourism revenue went up 7.06 percent from 2019 to 3.93 billion yuan (US$608 million).
The opening of the Lhasa-Nyingchi railway, Tibet鈥檚 first electrified railway, will bring new opportunities to tourism development.
The railway officially began operations on June 25. Compared with road transportation, it reduces the travel time from Lhasa to Nyingchi from 5 hours to about 3.5 hours.
Zhang Rundong, deputy Party chief of the bureau, said that due to the new railway, the city is expected to see tourism exceed the goal of 10 million visitors this year.
鈥淲e are confident that the tourism sector will see strong growth in the future,鈥 he said.
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