Because the winter and spring seasons were especially dry this year, offering little to no rainfall accumulation, the man-made lake in the square leading up to Potala Palace has all but dried up; and in order to allow visitors to enjoy the reflection of the ... Read More>>
A 5-star cinema currently under construction at the Lebailong Mall on Baerku Lu in Lhasa is scheduled to open in April. The cinema will be able to accommodate up to 676 viewers, providing 6 screens, one of which will support 3D films. Trilingual staff ... Read More>>
The ticket prices of the coach buses remain unchanged even though the passengers flow in Tibet has begun to increase as the Spring Festival and the Tibetan New Year draws closer. There are about 20 coaches running from Lhasa to Shannan, Shigatse and Naqu ... Read More>>
November to March is generally a good time to tour Tibet. Therefore, Air China is promoting self-guided winter tours to Lhasa. The tour package includes round-trip tickets from Chongqing to Lhasa, accommodation and one-way free shuttle bus tickets, costing ... Read More>>
The mailing ban of the nine listed items is lifted in Lhasa. Starting from October 11th, citizens can mail items including knives, liquid, gas, powder, electrics, and metals, etc. Read More>>
The Jewelry Museum of Lhasa Potala is going to be opened to the public soon. It is a three floor building with a total area of 2000 square meters, located in Snow city which is located at the foot of Potala Palace. The total investment into this museum has ... Read More>>
The Lhasa Xuedun Festival of Tibet will be held from Aug 20th to 26th, 2009. Norbulingka Tibetan opera shows, traditional race track activities, Dangjiren horses races from Dangxiong Town of Lhasa, a series of programs for the Shanghai Expo in Tibet Week, ... Read More>>
Tibet Wednesday started construction on its fifth civil airport in the southwest China's autonomous region, according to local authorities. The government would invest a total RMB 480 million (70 million U.S. dollars) in the airport in Xigaze, the ... Read More>>
China Southern Airlines Co., Ltd. rusumed the flight course Guangzhou-Chongqing-Lhasa on April 7 because of the increasing passenger flow. Since the beginning of this month, more and more tourists come to the Tibet Autonomous Region and July as well as ... Read More>>
News from the Tibetan Tourism Bureau is that from April 2009 Tibet will be re-opened to foreign tourists, as well as to tourists from Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau. It is understood that with the reopening of Namu Lake, which is regarded as the "lake in the ... Read More>>
Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, will be built into an international tourist city highlighting its unique plateau and ethnic characteristics. According to the Overall Plan for Lhasa (2009-2020) approved by the State Council, it ... Read More>>
Visiting remote parts of Tibet will be easier in the future as the region is expected to have five civil airports by 2010, a senior official said. The government will pour more than RMB 3 billion ($440,000) into the projects. The airport in Nyingchi ... Read More>>
Workers set up the structure of a rostrum in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 22, 2009. Celebrations will be held on March 28 in Lhasa to mark the first Serfs Emancipation Day, which falls on March 28. Content and photo ... Read More>>
Nyingchi Peach Blossom Festival in the Tibet Autonomous Region that opened on March 15 has attracted many tourists from home and abroad as it gets warmer. Content and photo From: China Tibet Information Center Read More>>
"Zhang Jingwu and the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet", a picture album in Enlgish, introducing Zhang Jinwu and his great work in his 15 years' stay in Tibet, is to face readers with a large amount of precious high-quality photos in March 2009. Currently, if ... Read More>>
China's first website featuring Tibet human rights (http://en.tibet328.cn/) is launched in Beijing on March 9 for celebrating the 50th anniversary of democratic reforms in Tibet. Entitled "Tibet Human Rights", the website aims at systematically introducing ... Read More>>
China will conclude the third round of large-scale renovations on the Taer Monastery in northwest China's Qinghai Province by the end of 2009, said a monastery official here Monday. Two of the four temples, the Great Temple of Golden Tiles and Jiujian ... Read More>>
Tibet relevant government invested RMB 330 million to maintain the Potala Palace, Norbu Lingka and the Sakya Monastery which will be completed in the second half of 2009. At present, the Potala Palace and Norbu Lingka have been listed as world cultural ... Read More>>
Grand celebrations will be held on March 28 to mark Serfs Emancipation Day in Lhasa and Beijing, Qiangba Puncog, chairman of the Tibet regional government, said on Thursday. The setting of Serfs Emancipation Day is welcomed in Tibet, where 95 percent of ... Read More>>
300 limited-edition Tibetan Barbies are shown at the Gonggar Airport of Lhasa with the price of 3,000 yuan per one. All these Tibetan Barbies named "Fu Ximei" are designed by Europeans with eyes made in Germany, hair made in Japan. They all dressed in ... Read More>>
Tibetans living in various parts of southwest China's Tibet have different time arrangements and customs for the Tibetan Losar (new year). Lhasa As for the Tibetan New Year in Lhasa, the preparatory stage is considered the most distinctive in feature. Just ... Read More>>
A documentary named "Story of Tibetan serfs" was shown on CCTV-4 at 22:00 on March 5th to mark the 50th anniversary of the region's Democratic Reform. The documentary exposed the dark society of feudal serfdom under theocratic ruling, the miserable life of ... Read More>>
A RMB 330 million (48 million U.S. dollars) preservation project on the Potala Palace, Norbu Lingka Palace and Sagya Monastery, three of the most important relics in Tibet, are expected to be completed late this year.The work began in 2002. The Potala ... Read More>>
Luozang Tibetan-Chinese-English Electronic Dictionary is China's first of its kind. It contains the glossary of 34 Tibetan-Chinese-English dictionaries, covering Tibetan medicine, Tibetan food, Tibetan Buddhism, folklore, etc, with Tibetan-Chinese-English ... Read More>>