Tibet receives 40 million tourists in 2019

Tourists wearing Tibetan costumes pose for photos at the Potala Palace square in Lhasa, capital city of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Jan. 1, 2019. More than 40 million tourists from home and abroad visited southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region in 2019, up 19 percent year on year, according to local authorities. In 2019, tourism revenue rose to 56 billion yuan (7.9 billion U.S. dollars), Qizhala, chairman of the regional government, said in his government work report delivered on Jan. 7, 2020 at the third session of the 11th People's Congress of Tibet Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Purbu Zhaxi)