Mount Qomolangma sees record number of tourists
The Mount Qomolangma scenic area in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region welcomed a record number of tourists in 2024, surpassing 500,000 visitors, local authorities said.
The Mount Qomolangma scenic area in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region welcomed a record number of tourists in 2024, surpassing 500,000 visitors, local authorities said.
A new expressway linking Lhasa, the capital of southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, with the city of Shannan, which is known as the birthplace of the Tibetan civilization, opened to traffic on Wednesday, according to local traffic authorities.
Deqen, which means “a place with good luck and happiness” in Tibetan, has the best picturesque scenery that can bring you joy. In this region, the Jinsha River, Lancang River and Nujiang River runs in parallel, and it is here that the renown city Shangri-La sets. It is praised as the pearl of Yunnan tourism.
The Chinese government has poured nearly 800 million yuan (about 111.3 million U.S. dollars) into various projects over the past 30 years to preserve the Potala Palace, a World Heritage site in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.
This photo taken with a mobile phone shows a view of Namtso Lake in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Dec. 11, 2024.
In the black-necked crane reserve of Lhunzhub County, Lhasa City, the Xizang Autonomous Region, a large number of wintering black-necked cranes are foraging and playing at the Hutoushan Reservoir.
Located in the Qiangtang National Nature Reserve, Serling Tso Lake is the largest lake in Xizang and the second-biggest saltwater lake in China, with an altitude of 4,530 meters.
An aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 7, 2024 shows tourists enjoying themselves on an icy lake in front of the Mount Qungmknag in Nyemo County of Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)
Recently, the 9th Agricultural and Livestrock Products and Ethnic Handicrafts Sales Exhibition in Sog County, Nagqu, the Xizang Autonomous Region opened.
Located at the junction of Nylam County and Gyirong County in Xigaze, Xizang, Baikü Co is the largest inland lake in Mount Qomolangma National Nature Reserve.
Lianbao Yeze, also known as Stone Mountain, has the meaning of the Peak of Jade and Stone with Dignity in Tibetan. Located in the southeast of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau,
Photo shows a saker falcon, a wild animal species under first-class state protection in China, in Yeniugou township, Qilian county, Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province.
An aerial drone photo taken on Nov. 11, 2024 shows the sea of clouds in Medog County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. Medog sits at an average altitude of 1,200 meters, with a humid climate and abundant rainfall.
Located in Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, Huanglong Scenic Spot is a national AAAAA tourist attraction and a national scenic and historic interest area.
Starting from People’s Square of Shanghai and driving for 5,000 kilometers along China’s National Highway 318 with picturesque landscape to Lhatse County, Xigaze, Xizang, there is a monument of the mileage of highways built with special assistance from Shanghai.
Built by Tibetan King Songtsa Gambo in the seventh century and expanded in the 17th century, the palace was included on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1994.
As the capital of the Xizang Autonomous Region, Lhasa, the “City of Sunlight” with an altitude of about 3,650 meters, has become a “place that must be visited” yearned for by tourists with its unique scenery of plateau, folk customs, and profound history and culture.
This photo taken on Nov. 4, 2024 shows the scenery of Duopugou scenic spot in Dege County of Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province
Qinghai Lake, China's largest inland saltwater lake, has been expanding in size continuously for the past 20 years, with the water level rising nearly 20 cm on average annually.
The autumn scenery of the Yading scenic spot in Daocheng County of Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Garze is at peak recently, attracting tourists to explore its beauty.
Wild Tibetan donkeys run, forage, and play freely on the grassland in Doima Township, Amdo County, Nagqu, the Xizang Autonomous Region. As a national first-class protected animal in China,
Today, Metok will take you to explore the table culture in Gyantse, Xizang. The delicious food made of highland barley here will definitely widen your horizon.
In Azha Town, Lhari County, Nagqu, Xizang, on the plateau with an elevation of 4,500 meters, there is the lake of Jianaiyucuo, which looks like a blue gem.