Sichuan-Tibet Railway Project Delayed

Date: 2009-9-6 19:56:00 by shyoto Tags: Sichuan Tibet Railway

Construction on a highly anticipated rail line linking Chengdu in Sichuan province to Lhasa in Tibet will not start this month, according to the Ministry of Railway, contradicting recent media reports.

 

The railway's planners are still examining intricate and difficult geological conditions along the proposed lines, according to the ministry spokesman, who was quoted by Xi

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Tibet to Reopen to Foreign Tourists from April 5

Date: 2009-3-30 8:16:00 by mercier Tags: Tibet

Foreign tourists will be allowed to get into Tibet as of April 5, a tourism official said here Sunday.

"Tibet will resume receiving foreign tourists as of April 5, and we warmly welcome them," Bachug, head of the tourism administration of Tibet Autonomous Region in southwest China.

"Reception work was suspended in March for the sake of travelers' s

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Tibet Inbound Tourism Gradually Recovers

Date: 2009-3-12 20:31:00 by mercier Tags: Tibet

Tourist arrivals in the Tibet Autonomous Region rose 4.8 percent year-on-year in the first two month of this year, the local tourism administration said Wednesday.

Tourist arrivals hit 121,418, generating revenue of 99.24 million yuan (about US$11.5 million), which was up 0.6 percent, the regional tourism administration said.

There were 116,258 domestic tourists, u

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