The annual Tibetan Xuedun Festival (August 20th to 26th) will attract at least 1000 visitors from Shanghai. As train tickets from Shanghai to Tibet are in short supply, some travel agencies are holding down the number of tourists in order to make sure those already registered can get train tickets to Tibet. The flights from Shanghai to Chengdu to Lhasa are also in high demand: it currently costs almost 5000 RMB for round trip tickets; it’s usually 3000 RMB in the off season. During the Xuedun festival, the price of the twelve-day sightseeing trip, leaving Shanghai and traveling through Lhasa to Nyingchi, Shigatse and Namtso, is 5980 RMB – 20 percent higher than usual.

The Potala Palace, home to the Xuedun Festival also controls the flow of tourists. As a result, tourists have to book tickets in advance and present their ID cards when they do so. In order to get the related booking certification approved by the Potala Palace As the Shanghai Expo draws near, related institutions and organizations, even travel agencies, need more people with these skills, tourists going with travel agencies are requested to sign up two days in advance.
 

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