Tibet aims to double annual tourist visits to 15 million
Tibet will implement a comprehensive plan during the 12th Five-year Plan period in order to double the annual number of tourist arrivals to 15 million in 2015, increasing its annual tourist revenue to 15 billion yuan, according to the Tibet Autonomous Regional Tourist Bureau.
The tourist bureau said that during the 12th Five-Year Plan period, Tibet will shift its advantages in tourist products to a tourist economy and develop the tourism industry into a leading industry enriching both local residents and the region.
Tourism will also be a strategic pillar industry advancing the leap-forward development of the entire region. Tibet will develop itself into a tourist destination characterized by world-class plateau ecology and Tibetan culture and lay a sound foundation for becoming a major global tourist destination.
Tibet will boost its investments in tourism hardware and software over the next five years and strive to enhance the industry's quality in order to promote the development of Tibet's tourism industry. The added value contributed by the tourism industry will account for more than half of the total added value of the entire service industry at the end of 2015.
The number of employees in the tourism industry will reach 300,000, which is more than a half of the total in the entire service industry. The fixed assets of the tourist industry are expected to top 8 billion yuan.
Following the further implementation of the western development strategy over the past five years, particularly the operation of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway as well as the Nyingchi and Ngari airports, Tibet's tourism industry has entered into a golden period of development. During the 11th Five-Year Plan period, Tibet received a total of more than 21 million domestic and foreign tourists, an increase of 31 percent year on year. Tibet made a total of 23 million yuan in tourism revenue, an increase of 30 percent year on year.
By Zhang Hongyu, Peoples Dail! y Online
Weekly review
The tourist bureau said that during the 12th Five-Year Plan period, Tibet will shift its advantages in tourist products to a tourist economy and develop the tourism industry into a leading industry enriching both local residents and the region.
Tourism will also be a strategic pillar industry advancing the leap-forward development of the entire region. Tibet will develop itself into a tourist destination characterized by world-class plateau ecology and Tibetan culture and lay a sound foundation for becoming a major global tourist destination.
Tibet will boost its investments in tourism hardware and software over the next five years and strive to enhance the industry's quality in order to promote the development of Tibet's tourism industry. The added value contributed by the tourism industry will account for more than half of the total added value of the entire service industry at the end of 2015.
The number of employees in the tourism industry will reach 300,000, which is more than a half of the total in the entire service industry. The fixed assets of the tourist industry are expected to top 8 billion yuan.
Following the further implementation of the western development strategy over the past five years, particularly the operation of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway as well as the Nyingchi and Ngari airports, Tibet's tourism industry has entered into a golden period of development. During the 11th Five-Year Plan period, Tibet received a total of more than 21 million domestic and foreign tourists, an increase of 31 percent year on year. Tibet made a total of 23 million yuan in tourism revenue, an increase of 30 percent year on year.
By Zhang Hongyu, Peoples Dail! y Online
Weekly review
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